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66. Aechmea calyculata (E. Morr.) Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:232. 1879. 



Hoplophytuni calyculatum E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 15: 162, pi. 11. 1865. 

 Aechmea selloana Baker, Handb. Bromel. 60. 1889. 

 Echinostachys pineliana sensu Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29: 14. 1891. 

 Not Brongn. 

 Brazil: Sellow bromel. 29 (P) ; bromel. 71 (P) ; 4008 (B, type of Aechmea 

 selloana Baker, F neg. 11323). Cultivated, Atkinson 3 (BH) ; 4 (UC) ; 

 9 (BH, MO). 

 Santa Catarina: Dusen 11918 (S) ; F. Mueller (K, GH neg. 2700). Culti- 

 vated, Hort. Liege (LG) ; Linden (LG, type). Blumenau, Reits 3562 

 (HBR); 3599 (HBR); 3640 (HBR) ; 3978 (HBR). Ribeirao Grande, 

 Taio, Reits 3992 (HBR). Mun. Chapeco: Itapiranga, Reitz 4753 (! Reitz, 

 inflorescence branched). Itapiranga, Rio Peperi-Guagu, Reits 3859-a 

 (HBR). Mun. Jaragua do Sul: Corupa, Seidel 7 (HBR). 

 Also: Argentina. 



67. Aechmea squarrosa Baker, Handb. Bromel. 63. 1889. Not Journ. Bot. 



28:305. 1890. 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Cantagallo, Glasiou 15486 (B, isotype, F neg. 11325). 



68. Aechmea alopecurus Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras, 3, pt. 3 : 367. 1892. 

 Brazil: Pohl 5230 (W, type). 



69. Aechmea vanboutteana (Van Houtte) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 



366. 1892. 

 Echinostachys vanhoutteana Van Houtte, Catal. 1878. 

 Qtiesnelia vanhouttei E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 31 : 163, 350. 1881. 

 Quesnelia vanhoutteana E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 31 : pi. 18. 1881. 

 Macrochordium vanhoutteanum Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29:4. 1891. 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Itatiaia, Foster 132 (GH, R) ; 1035 (GH, US) ; L. B. Smith 

 1443 (B, F, GH, K, S, US). 



70. Aechmea kleinii Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 5:254, pi. i. 



1954- 

 Santa Catarina: Mun. Sao Jose: Serra da Boa Vista, Reits 5388 ( ! Reitz) ; 

 5762 (HBR, US) ; Reits & Klein 935 (HBR, type). 



71. Aechmea pineliana (Brongn. ex Planch.) Baker, Journ. Bot. 17: 232. 1879. 



Echinostachys pineliana Brongn. ex Planch. Hort. Donat. 25. 1854-58. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hort. Kew (K, GH neg. 2701) ; Ule (R). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 262 (GH, US). Mun. Castelo: Brago 



do Sul, Brade 19432 (RB, US). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Cabo Frio, Glasiou 13244 (P). Nova Friburgo, Glasiou 15487 



(P) ; 19920 (P). Teresopolis, Sampaio 3367 (R). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: "Morro-chemado" (? Morro Queimado), Pinel (P, type, 



GH neg. 2953). Quinta, Glasiou 16404 (P). 



72. Aechmea tiiticina Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:369. 1892. 



I. Apices of the floral bracts surpassed by the sepals; upper scape-bracts entire. 



Var. a. triticina 

 I. Apices of the floral bracts exceeding the sepals ; upper scape-bracts serrulate. 



Var. b. capensis 



