CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface iii 



Introduction i 



Material 3 



Geographical citations 5 



Distribution and origin 6 



Economic aspects 9 



Horticulture 10 



Bromeliad malaria 11 



Preliminary records 12 



Systematic treatment 217 



Excluded and doubtful taxa 255 



Localities cited 258 



Index 273 



TEXT FIGURES 



Map : Distribution of Bromeliaceae in Brazil 7 



Fig. I. Puya floccosa 42 



2. Encholirium bradeanum 42 



3. Encholirium spectabile 43 



4. Cottendorfia florida 43 



5. Lindmania guianensis 45 



6. Connellia quelchii 45 



7. Deuterocohnia meziana 49 



8. Pitcairnia flammea var. flammea 49 



9. Pitcairnia staminea 53 



10. Pitcairnia uaupensis 53 



11. Pitcairnia caricifolia 55 



12. Brocchinia reducta 55 



13. Dyckia maritima 63 



14. Dyckia leptostachya 63 



15. Dyckia encholirioides var. encholirioides 66 



16. Dyckia heloisae 66 



17. Dyckia tuberosa var. tuberosa 6y 



18. Dyckia macedoi 67 



19. Dyckia minarum 70 



20. Dyckia weddelliana 70 



21. Navia lopezii yy 



22. Tillandsia adpressiflora yy 



23. Tillandsia didisticha 80 



24. Tillandsia geminiflora var. geminiflora 80 



25. Tillandsia stricta var. stricta 88 



26. Tillandsia anceps 88 



27. Tillandsia streptocarpa 93 



28. Tillandsia usneoides 93 



29. Tillandsia aeris-incola 97 



30. Tillandsia paracusis 97 



