NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 255 



Sb. Ananas ananassoides var. nanus L. B. Smith, Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard 



7:79, pl- 3- 1939- 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Baker & Collins (GH) ; Camargo (IAN). 

 Amazonas: Sao Gabriel, Rio Negro, Baldwin 3468-a (US). 

 Para: Tapari, Rio Tapajoz, Dahlgren & Sella 28 (F). 

 Baia: Foster 43 (GH). 

 Mato Grosso: Camizao, Foster 1089 in part (GH, US). 



EXCLUDED AND DOUBTFUL TAXA 



The majority of the following cases in need of clarification come 

 from the Flora Brasiliensis. It should be noted that this work includes 

 a number of Bromeliaceae not attributed to Brazil and it does not 

 seem necessary to exclude these when they were never claimed. 



Aechmea regularis Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:229. 1879; Mart. FI, Bras. 3, 

 pt. 3 : 324. 1892. 



This is a synonym of Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb., a species 

 ranging from Mexico to Colombia. There is no authentic record of 

 its occurrence in or near Brazil. 



Billbergia viridiffora H. Wendl. AUg. Gartenz. 22: 154. 1854; Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 3, pt. 3 : 424. 1892. 



This was described from cultivated material of unknown origin and 

 doubtless ascribed to Brazil because the center of the genus is there. 

 However, the species is now known to be native to southern Mexico, 

 British Honduras, and Guatemala. 



Bromelia fastuosa Lindl, Coll. Fasc. i: pl. i. 1821; Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 

 193. 1891. 



This name applies to either B. pingtnn or B. sylvestris because of its 

 narrowly triangular sepals and is Mexican, not Brazilian. See under 

 B. antiacantha Bertol. 



Catopsis nutans (Sw.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 599. 1864; Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 3, pt. 3 : 576. 1894. ♦ 



Tillandsia nutans Sw. Prodr. 56. 1788. 



In Flora Brasiliensis this species was confused with C. sessiliflora 

 (R. & P,) Mez. Actually it ranges from Mexico and the West Indies 

 to Venezuela and Ecuador. 



Deuterocohnia longipetala (Baker) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:506. 

 1894. 

 Dyckia longipetala Baker, Ilandb. Bromel. 135. 1889. 



The supposed record for this species in Brazil is a Humboldt and 

 Bonpland collection from the Rio Maranon. However, a study of 



