Racinaea contorta

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Racinaea Species: contorta
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Racinaea contorta (Mez & Pittier ex Mez) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith, 1993

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Distribution:

Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
epiphytic in wet rainforests
650 - 1000 m

 

 

 

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia contorta Mez & Pittier ex Mez (1903) Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, sér. 2 3: 224

(Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2)

Racinaea contorta (Mez & Pittier ex Mez) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith (1993) Phytologia 74(2): 153

(Phytologia)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia contorta Mez & Pittier ex Mez
• Tillandsia guanacastensis Standley, 1927

Literature:

• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 120
• Haugg (1998) Die Bromelie 3: 80-82
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :74
• Tristam (2011) Die Bromelie 1: 30-34