Aechmea serrata (L.) Mez (1896)

Synonyms:

• Caraguata clavata et spicata, foliis clavata et spicata, foliis serratis Plum. (1703)
• Tillandsia serrata L. (1753)
• Tillandsia maxima Strangeways (1822)
• Caraguata serrata (L.) Schultes & Schult.f. (1830)
• Platystachys plumieri Beer (1856)
• Aechmea martinicensis Baker (1879)
• Aechmea plumieri E.Morren ex Baker (1889)
• Tillandsia foliis superne dentato foliis superne dentato spinosis Urban (1920)
• Platyaechmea serrata (Linnaeus) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress (1990)

Tillandsia maxima Strangeways

Status: Synonym

Publ: Sketch Mosq. Shore 138 (1822)

Taxonomic Change:

• 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. —See Mabberley 1984 p. 444