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genus Cipuropsis Ule

(subtrib. Cipuropsidinae)

Publ: Verh. Bot. Vereins 48: 148 ‘1906’ (1907)

Type: Cipuropsis subandiana Ule

Number of species: 7

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Genus Notes:

Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 148. 1907.
Type Cipuropsis subandina Ule, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 148. 1907. Tillandsia subandina (Ule) Mez ex L.B. Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 98: 16. 1932. Vriesea subandina (Ule) L.B. Sm. & Pittendr., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 43: 404. 1953. Currently considered a synonym of Tillandsia. Named for its resemblance (Greek opsis, sight or appearance) to members of the genus Cipura Aubl. (Iridaceae).
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)