Racinaea flexuosa

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Racinaea Species: flexuosa
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Racinaea flexuosa (Baker) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith, 1993

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Distribution:

USA, Caribbean Islands to Peru, Northwestern-Bolivia and Paraguay
epiphytic in forests
2300 - 2900 m

 

 

 

Original Description:

Basionym: Catopsis flexuosa Baker (1919) Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 25: 175

(J. Bot.)

Racinaea flexuosa (Baker) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith (1993) Phytologia 74(2): 154

(Phytologia)

Synonyms:

• Catopsis flexuosa Baker, 1887
• Tillandsia flexuosa (Baker) Mez, 1896; non Swartz, 1788
• Tillandsia bakeri L.B. Smith, 1931

Literature:

• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 119
• Haugg (1998) Die Bromelie 3: 80-82
• Ibisch & Vásquez (2000) Illustrated Catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia (CD-ROM)
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :74