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genus Androlepis Brongn. ex Houllet

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Rev. Hort. 42: 12 (1870)

Type: Androlepis skinneri BRONGNIART ex HOULLET, Revue Horticole, 42, 12, 1870.

Number of species: 3
   and 1 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

Rev. Hort. 42: 12. 1870.
Type Androlepis skinneri Brongn. ex Houllet, Rev. Hort. 42: 12. 1870. Currently recognized as a monospecific genus in the subfam. Bromelioideae. From the Greek andros, man, and lepis, scale. The specific epithet honors British orchidologist George Ure Skinner (1804-1867), who sent living collections from Guatemala to Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898), Luxembourgeois botanical explorer living in Brussels, Belgium.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)