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genus Lindmania Mez

(subfam. Lindmanioideae)

Publ: DC. Monogr. Phan. 9: 535 (1896)

Type: (Based on Anoplophytum guianense Beer)

Number of species: 39
   and 6 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 535. Jan 1896.
Lecto Type Anoplophytum guianense Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 44. Sep-Oct 1856 (‘1857’), designated by L.B. Smith (in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser., 13(1): 510. 26 Aug 1936). Lindmania guianensis (Beer) Mez in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 535. Jan 1896. Currently recognized in the subfam. Pitcairnioideae. Named in honor of Swedish botanist Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856-1928), author of ‘Bromeliaceae Herbarii Regnelliani. I. Bromelieae’ (in Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24: 1-50. 1891).
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)