MainDescriptionSynonyms
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Wawraea (subgen. of Wawraea is a synonym of:

<- genus Quesnelia Gaudich.
(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Voy. Bonite, Bot. t.54 (1842)

Type: Quesnelia rufa Gaudichaud, Atl. Voy. Bonite pl. 54. 1842.

Number of species: 24
   and 2 infraspecific taxa

Taxa included

  1. Billbergiopsis Mez
  2. Quesnelia

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Genus Notes:

Voy. Bonite, Bot. Atlas: t. 54. 1842.
Type Quesnelia rufa Gaudich., Voy. Bonite, Bot. Atlas: t. 54. 1842. Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. No name derivation is given, but possibly named after French author François Alexandre Quesné (1742-1820).
Or after the Bromeliad grower at le Havre France, Mr. Quesnel at that time (note EG). (from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)