Mabberley 1984 (Article) Tillandsia

Pallas's Buckthorn and two and a half centuries of neglected binomials

Author(s):—D.J. Mabberley

Publication:—Taxon 33(3): 433-444. (1984)

Abstract:—Tillandsia maxima Strangew.

Taxonomy:—Tillandsia maxima Tillandsia maxima Strangew., Sketch Mosq. Shore: 138. 1822, nom. superfl. pro T. serrata L., i.e. Aechmea serrata (L.) Mez (Bromeliaceae). This antedates T. maxima Lillo & Hauman (1917) which must be known as T. australis Mez. (p.444).