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15. Bromelia villosa Mez, Bot. Jahrb. 30, Beibl. 67:3. 1901. Figure 81. 

 GoiAs: (Sitio de Baracao to Areias), Glasiou 22191 (B, type, F neg. 11255). 

 Mato Grosso: Bau, Lindman A-2951 (S). Cuiaba, Lindnian A-2431 (S). 



16. Bromelia lagopus Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 188. 1891. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, E. Morren (LG, type). 



Baia: Agua Preta, Foster 80 (GH). 



17. Bromelia karatas L. Sp. PI. 285. 1753. 



Karatas plumieri E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 22: 131, 1872. 

 Maranhao: Ilha de Sao Luiz, Froes 11967 (NY). 

 Ceara: Cultivated, Brade 13989 (RB). 

 Baia: Jacobina, Foster 99 (GH). 

 GoiAS: Weddell 2663 (P, GH neg. 3037). 

 Also: Mexico and the West Indies to Colombia. 



18. Bromelia morreniana (Regel) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 186. 1891. 



Cryptanthus morrenianus Regel, Gartenflora 37: 157. 1888. 

 Distiacanthus morrenianus Baker, Handb. Bromel. 14. 1889. 

 Para: Campos de Ariramba, Rio Jaramacaru, Dticke (MG). Cultivated, E. 

 Morren (LG, type ?). 



19. Bromelia scarlatina (Hort. ex Herincq) E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 31 : 164. 



1881. 

 Distiacanthus scarlatinus Hort. ex Herincq, Hort. Frangais 246. 1869. 

 Disteganthus scarlatinus Nicholson, Diet. Gard. i : 485. 1885. 

 Karatas scarlatina Harms, Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 15a : 135. 



1930. 

 Para: Cultivated, Jard. Bot. Liege (LG, type ?). 



23. Acanthostachys KL 



Acanthostachys Kl. in Lk., Kl. & Otto, 111. PI. Rar. Hort. Berol. i : 21, pi. 9. 

 1841. 



Monotypic. 



I. Acanthostachys strobilacea (Schult. f.) Kl. in Lk., Kl. & Otto, 111. PI. 

 Rar. Hort. Berol. 1:21, pi. g. 1841. Figure 82. 

 Hohenbergia strobilacea Schult. f. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2 : 1252. 1830. 

 Acanthostachys exilis Bertoni, An. Cient. Parag. II. no. 4 : 301. 1919. 



Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson 16 (MT). Borgmayer (SP) ; /. G. Kuhlmann 

 (HBR) ; Saint-Hilaire BI-1076 (P) ; Sellow bromel. 58-b (P). 



EspiRiTO Santo: Domingos Martins, Foster 240 (GH, R). Itapemirim, Foster 

 167 (GH, R). Vitoria, Foster 499 (GH). 



MiNAS Gerais: Serra de Caracol, Regnell III-1260 in part (S). Fazenda do 

 Diamante near Corinto, Mexia 5615-a (GH). Coronel Pacheco, Heringer 

 943 (SP). Lapinha, Lagoa Santa, Hoehne in Rondon 6660 (R) ; Palacios 

 3438 (LIL). Paraiba, Claussen 361 (P). (Fazenda do Pinhal), Sellow 

 5215 (R). Mun. Belo Horizonte: Belo Horizonte, Melo Barreto 2485 (R). 

 Serra de Taquaril, Oliveira (IAN). Mun. Leopoldina: Domingos Pisoni, 

 Melo Barreto 4424 (US). 



Rio de Janeiro: Carmo, Vale do Paquequer, Neves Armond 318 (R). Formosa 

 to Bananal, Botvie & Cunningham (BM). 



