Catopsis nutans

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Catopsis Species: nutans Varieties: nutans robustior
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Catopsis nutans (Swartz) Grisebach, 1864

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Distribution:

Southern-USA (Florida), Greater Antilles, Southern-Mexico, Guatemala to Venezuela and Ecuador
epiphytic in thickets and open woods
up to 1500 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia nutans Swartz (1788) Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus  :56

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Catopsis nutans (Swartz) Grisebach (1864) Flora of the British West Indian Islands  :599

(Fl. Brit. W. Indies)

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Synonyms:

• Tillandsia nutans Swartz, 1788
• Tillandsia vitellina Klotzsch, 1843
• Tussacia vitellina (Klotzsch) Klotzsch, 1857
• Pogospermum flavum Brongniart, 1864
• Pogospermum nutans (Swartz) Brongniart, 1864
• Catopsis vitellina (Klotzsch) Baker, 1887
• Catopsis stenopetala Baker, 1887
• Catopsis tenella Mez, 1896
• Catopsis nutans var. stenopetala (Baker) L.B. Smith, 1938

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :46
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1367-1371
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 32
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 62
• Oliva-Esteve & Steyermark (1987) Bromeliaceae of Venezuela :175
• Marks (2007) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 57(1): 39-41
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :18
• Dijkgraaf (2009) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 59(3): 134