Catopsis sessiliflora

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Catopsis Species: sessiliflora
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Catopsis sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Mez, 1896

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Distribution:

Southern-Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia and Southern-Brazil
epiphytic in forests
up to 1200 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia sessiliflora Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Flora Peruviana 3: 42

(Fl. Peruv.)

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  Original Description of
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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia sessiliflora

Catopsis sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Mez (1896) In: C. DC. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 9: 625

(Monogr. Phan.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia sessiliflora Ruiz & Pavón, 1802
• Bromelia sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Loddiges ex Loudon, 1830
• Tillandsia aloides Schlechtendahl & Chamisso, 1831
• Tillandsia apicroides Schlechtendahl & Chamisso, 1831
• Tussacia sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer, 1857
• Tussacia apicroides Beer, 1857
• Pogospermum sessiliflorum (Ruiz & Pavón) Brongniart, 1864
• Catopsis apicroides (Schlechtendahl & Chamisso) Baker, 1887
• Catopsis vitellina Baker, 1887
• Catopsis nutans sensu Baker, 1887
• Catopsis aloides (Schlechtendahl & Chamisso) Baker, 1889
• Tussacia aloides E. Morren ex André
• Catopsis nutans var. erecta Wittmack, 1889
• Catopsis modesta Fritz Müller, 1893
• Catopsis schindleri Mez & Wercklé ex Mez, 1904
• Catopsis tenuis Cufodontis, 1933
• Catopsis sessiliflora var. dioca L.B. Smith, 1960

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1385-1388
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 32
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 62
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :582
• Ibisch & Vásquez (2000) Illustrated Catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia (CD-ROM)
• Espejo-Serna et al (2004) Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae ... In: Selbyana 25(1): 40-41
• Marx (2006) Die Bromelie 2: 64-67
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :18