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xNiduregelia lyman-smithii is a synonym of:

xNiduregelia EXCLUDED TAXA

Type: Espirito Santo, Conceicao do Castelo, A. Seidel 1006, fl. cult. Dec. 1985. Holotype: HB. Isotypes: RB, SP

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro

Etymology: The name of this nothospecies, from the Latin fraudulentus ( = "deceptive"), depicts an interesting aspect of this bromeliad. The centrally simple inflorescence almost went unnoticed when the taxon was originally described as a species, thus deceiving the author.

xNiduregelia EXCLUDED TAXA