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Cryptanthus acaulis (Lindl.) Beer

This species name was first published in Fam. Bromel. : 75 (1856)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000364805.

Synonyms of Cryptanthus acaulis (Lindl.) Beer

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cryptanthus acaulis var. argenteus Beer Fam. Bromel. : 75 (1856) wfo-0000364809
Cryptanthus acaulis var. discolor (Otto & A.Dietr.) Mez Monogr. Phan. 9: 55 (1896) wfo-0000364819
Cryptanthus acaulis var. purpureus Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 287 (1871) wfo-0000364830
Cryptanthus acaulis var. ruber Beer Fam. Bromel. : 76 (1856) wfo-0000364836
Cryptanthus discolor Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 299 (1836) wfo-0000364923
Cryptanthus sinuosus L.B.Sm. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126(1): 26 (1955) wfo-0000365104
Cryptanthus testaceus É.Morren ex Baker Handb. Bromel. : 15 (1889) wfo-0000365110
Cryptanthus undulatus Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 299 (1836) wfo-0000365119
Madvigia densiflora Liebm. Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1854: 27 (1854) wfo-0000464731
Tillandsia acaulis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1157 (1828) wfo-0000573644
Cryptanthus undulatus var. ruber (Beer) Baker Handb. Bromel. : 15 (1889) wfo-0000909160
Cryptanthus undulatus var. purpureus (Baker) Baker Handb. Bromel. : 15 (1889) wfo-0000909161
Cryptanthus pumilus hort. ex Gentil Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 66 (1907), nomen. wfo-0001234870
Bromelia pumila hort. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1283. 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830] wfo-0001238340
Cryptanthus acaulis var. acaulis wfo-0001238341
Cryptanthus acaulis var. genuina Mez Monogr. Phan. 9: 54 (1896) wfo-0001410202
Cryptanthus acaulis var. genuinus Mez wfo-1200074737