Cryptanthus acaulis

Cryptanthus acaulis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Cryptanthus
Species: Cryptanthus acaulis

Name edit

Cryptanthus acaulis (Lindl.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 75 (1856).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Tillandsia acaulis Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1157 (1828).
  • Homotypic
    • Cryptanthus undulatus Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 299 (1836), nom. illeg.
    • Cryptanthus acaulis var. genuinus Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 54 (1896), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Cryptanthus discolor Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 299 (1836).
    • Madvigia densiflora Liebm., Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1854: 27 (1854).
    • Cryptanthus acaulis var. argenteus Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 75 (1856).
    • Cryptanthus acaulis var. ruber Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 76 (1856).
    • Cryptanthus acaulis var. purpureus Baker, Refug. Bot. 4: t. 287 (1871).
    • Cryptanthus testaceus É.Morren ex Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 15 (1889).
    • Cryptanthus undulatus var. purpureus (Baker) Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 15 (1889).
    • Cryptanthus undulatus var. ruber (Beer) Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 15 (1889).
    • Cryptanthus acaulis var. discolor (Otto & A.Dietr.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 55 (1896).
    • Cryptanthus sinuosus L.B.Sm., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126(1): 26 (1955).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional:Brazil
      • Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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