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genus Ursulaea Read & H.U.Baensch

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 44(5): 205-211 (1994)

Type: Ursulaea macvaughii (L.B. Smith) R.W. Read & H U Baensch

Number of species: 2

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Genus Notes:

J. Bromeliad Soc. 44: 206. 1994.
Type Aechmea mcvaughii L.B. Sm., Phytologia 10: 481. 1964. Ursulaea mcvaughii (L.B. Sm.) Read & H.U. Baensch, J. Bromeliad Soc. 44: 107. 1994. Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. Named in honor of Ursula Baensch, co-author with her husband of the book ‘Blühende Bromelien’ (Sep 1994), ‘Blooming Bromeliads’ (Nov 1994).
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)