Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 32

Authors:

Standley, Paul Carpenter

Published In: Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(10): 246. 1927. (J. Washington Acad. Sci.)
Annotation: as "Pitcairnia Valerii," presumably honoring Juvenal Valerio (co-collector of the type); epithet formed in accordance with ICN Rec. 60C.2 (based on the established latinized form "Valerius"), hence not to be corrected (Art. 60.12)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Costa Rica: San Jose: on steep bank at La Hondura, alt. ca. 1500 m, 9 Mar 1926

Collector and Number: Standley & Valerio 51879

Distribution: Costa Rica

Institution(s): HT: US(fiche NOLS)

Type Specimens

• HT: Standley & Valerio 51879; 9 Mar 1926; Costa Rica: San Jose: La Hondura

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Bromeliaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Pitcairnia L'Hér.

Projects: Costa Rica , Flora of Panama , Mesoamericana , Panama , VPA

Keywords: BROM, FM, PAN