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genus Fascicularia Mez

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 3) 3 (3): 627 (1894)

Type: Fascicularia bicolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez in DC., A. & C.

Number of species: 1
   and 2 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

in Mart., Fl. bras. 3(3): 627. 1 Feb 1894.
Lecto Type Bromelia bicolor Ruiz & Pav., Fl. peruv. 3: 33. Aug 1802, designated by L.B. Smith (in ING Card No. 00413. 1 Oct 1955). Fascicularia bicolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 9. Jan 1896. Mez described Fascicularia merely as an afterthought in a text portion of the monograph on the geography of the Bromeliaceae: “Fascicularia nov. gen. in Rhodostachya bicolor, littoralis, pitcairniifolia conditum, petalis ligulatis pollineque insignis.” [The new genus Fascicularia is based on Rhodostachya bicolor, littoralis, and pitcairniifolia by its conspicuous ligulate petals and pollen.] Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. From the Latin, fasciculus, fascicle, referring to the disposition of the flowers.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)