Racinaea tetrantha

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Racinaea Species: tetrantha Varieties: tetrantha aurantiaca caribaea densiflora miniata ramosior scarlatina
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Racinaea tetrantha (Ruiz & Pavón) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith, 1993

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Distribution:

Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
epiphytic in forests
1800 - 3250 m

 

 

 

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia tetrantha Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Flora Peruviana 3: 39

(Fl. Peruv.)

Racinaea tetrantha (Ruiz & Pavón) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith (1993) Phytologia 74(2): 158

(Phytologia)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia tetrantha Ruiz & Pavón, 1802

Literature:

• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 119
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3: 653-654
• 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