VRIESEA HETEROSTACHYS (Baker) L. B. Smith, comb. nov.

V. incurvata sensu E. Morr. Belg. Hort. 32: 52, pl. 2. 1882, in part as to as to Binot s n, non Gaud. 1843.

Tillandsia inflata Baker, Bot. Mag. 112: pl. 6882. 1886, in part, as to Binot material and plate, not as to Vriesea inflata Wawra.

T. heterostachys Baker, Journ. Bot. 26: 106. April 1888.

Vriesea conferta sensu Mez, DC. Mon. Phan. 9: 582. 1896, in part, as to Tillandsia heterostachys Baker, non Gaud. 1843.

Vriesea petropolitana L. B. Smith, Arq. Bot. S. Paulo II. 1: 120, pl..130. 1943.

V. x fulgida Hort. Duval, Ill. Hort. 35: 87, pl. 67. December 1888 or later (= V. duvaliana x rostrum-aquilae (= incurvata).

BRAZIL: Hort. Brussels (BR, clonotype (?) of Vriesea x fulgida). (SÃO PAULO:) "southern Brazil ", (Le Joly in) Glaziou 13260 in part (B, type, US photo; P, isotype).

The names Tillandsia heterostachys and Vriesea x fulgida are both dated "1888", but only the first has a definite month "April". However, Robert Foster has kindly investigated the copy of Illustration Horticole at Harvard for me and reports that the publication of V. x fulgida could not have been earlier than the end of the year since on page 85 there is a report for December 1888.