Racinaea spiculosa

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Racinaea Species: spiculosa Varieties: spiculosa micrantha stenoglossa ustulata
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Racinaea spiculosa (Grisebach) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith, 1993

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Distribution:

Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela
epiphytic, terrestrial
900 - 1400 m ( -2100 m)

 

 

 

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia spiculosa Grisebach (1865) Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften and von der Georg-Augusts-Universität 1864(1): 17

(Nachr. Konigl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ.)

Racinaea spiculosa (Grisebach) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith (1993) Phytologia 74(2): 157

(Phytologia)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia spiculosa Grisebach, 1865
• Tillandsia lescaillei C. Wright, 1871
• Tillandsia brittoniana Baker, 1889
• Tillandsia palmana Mez, 1901
• Tillandsia micrantha Baker, 1902, non Baker, 1887
• Racinaea lescaillei (C. Wright) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith, 1993

Literature:

• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 118
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :652-653
• 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 :75