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Wittrockia (subgen. of Wittrockia is a synonym of:

genus Wittrockia Lindm.

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24(8): 15, 20 pl. 2 figs 13-21 (1891)

Type: Wittrockia superba Lindman. Ofvers. Forh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. - Akad. III 24(8): 20, pl. 2, fig. 13-21. 1891

Number of species: 7

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Genus Notes:

Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., ser. 2, 24: 20. 1891.
Type Wittrockia superba Lindm., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., ser. 2, 24: 20. 1891. Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. Named in honor of Swedish botanist Veit Brecher Wittrock (1839-1914), of the Botanical Museum, Stockholm.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)