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genus Fosterella L.B.Sm.

(subfam. Pitcairnioideae)

Publ: Phytologia 7(3): 171 pl. 1 (1960)

Type: Pitcairnia micrantha Lindley, Bot. Reg. 29,(Misc.): 44. 1843.

Number of species: 34
   and 1 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

Phytologia 7: 171. 18 Apr 1960.
Type Pitcairnia micrantha Lindl., Edward’s Bot. Reg. 29: misc. 44. 1843. Fosterella micrantha (Lindl.) L.B. Sm., Phytologia 7: 171. 18 Apr 1960. Currently recognized in the subfam. Pitcairnioideae. Named in honor of American horticulturist Mulford Bateman Foster (1888-1978), who provided Lyman B. Smith with many specimens from which numerous new species were described. The relationship between horticulturist and botanist was mutually beneficial, and Smith named numerous new species after both Mulford and his wife Racine. She was later honored with the genus Racinaea.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)