A valid name for the taxon known as Tillandsia bryoides auct. (Bromeliaceae)

Abstract

Tillandsia bryoides was sunken into the synonymy of T. tricholepis because all the elements of the lectotype (P. Lorentz 128, BM) belong to the latter species. However, there is a taxon of Tillandsia subgen. Diaphoranthema from central Peru, Bolivia, and central and northwestern Argentina, with yellow, sessile, solitary flowers and a glabrous floral bract, which has been known as T. bryoides. This paper provides a valid name for that taxon, an illustration, distribution data, and a discussion of the relationships
with its morphologically closest species.