NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 215 



Aechmea polystachya var. longijolia Castellanos, Com. Mus. Nac. Hist. 



Nat. Buenos Aires 2 : 139, fig. 3. 1925. 

 ? Aechmea rubra A. Silveira, Floralia Montium 2, Add. : i, pi. gc. 1931. 

 Aechmea tnvolucrifera Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32: 157. 1934. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hort. Liege (LG, type). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Caldas, Regnell I-437 (S, US). Poqos de Caldas, Viegas 



(SP). 

 Sao Paulo: Mun. Sao Paulo: Foster 488 (GH). 

 Also: Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina. 



^ic. Aechmea distichantha var. glaziovii (Baker) L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. 

 Estado Sao Paulo nov. ser. i : 102. 1943. 

 Aechmea glasiovii Baker, Journ. Bot. 17 : 133. 1879. 

 Quesnelia zvittmackiana Regel, Gartenflora 37 : 497, pi. 1281, fig. 2. 1888. 

 Aechmea jucunda E. Morr. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 55. 1889. 

 Aechmea regelii Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 339. 1892. 

 Aechmea mittmackiana Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 340. 1892. 

 Aechmea pulchella E. Morr. ex Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 341, 1892. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson 88 (BH) ; Bleu (LG, GH neg. 2931); Hort. 



Liege (LG, Aechmea wittmackiana Mez, Ae. pulchella E. Morr.). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Poqos de Caldas, Viegas (SP). Sapucai Mirim, Kuhlmann 

 2606 (SP). Mun. Delfim Moreira: Sao Francisco dos Campos, Kuhlmann 

 & Kuhn 2431 (SP). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Brade (RB) ; 14053 (RB) ; Ferreira in L. B. Smith 

 1712 (GH); Foster 147 (GH, R, US); Glasiou 8986 (P, isotype of 

 Aechmea glasiovii Baker, GH neg. 2955) ; L. B. Smith 1474 (GH, S) ; 

 1662 (GH); 1726 (GH). 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Hoehne (GH, SP) ; Luederwaldt (SP) ; L. B. 

 Smith 1872 (GH) ; 2109 (GH). Serra da Bocaina, Duarte & Brade 21197 

 (RB, US) ; Glasiou & Schwacke (R). Bananal, Serra da Bocaina, Brade 

 & Apparicio 20146 (RB, US). Itapira, Hoehne (GH, SP). Mogi das 

 Cruzes, Pickel 5089 (SP). Sao Paulo, M. Kuhlmann (SP) ; Pickel 4675 

 (SP). Mun. Amparo: Monte Alegre, Kuhlmann & Kuhn 410 (SP). 

 Mun. Atibaia: Pedra Grande, Gehrt (SP). 

 Parana: Mun. Campo Largo: Serra Sao Luiz de Puruna, Hatschbach 1566 

 (US). 



52. Aechmea amazonica Ule, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 48: 136. 1907. 

 Amazonas : All Ule's herbarium material is from Peru but in his original de- 

 scription he notes seeing the species along the Rio Jurua. 



Also : Colombia. 



53. Aechmea tiUandsioides (Mart, ex Schult.) Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:134. 



1879. 

 Billbergia tiUandsioides Mart, ex Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2 : 1269. 



1830. 

 Aechmea xiphophylla Baker, Handb. Bromel. 63. 1889. 

 Amazonas : Cocui to Rio Igana on the Rio Negro, Schultes & Lopes 9568 

 (IAN, US). Ega [Tefe], Poeppig (P). Ilha Vista Alegre, upper Rio 

 Negro, Baldwin 3461 (US). Tefe, Black 47-1227 (IAN) ; Pires 1301 

 (IAN). Mun. Humaita: Rio Madeira, Krukoff 7155 (GH). 



