Renealmia recurvata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 287. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaicae arboribus." RCN: 2280.

Basionym of: Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L. (1762) .

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 403.8 (LINN); [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 190, t. 121, f. 1. 1707 - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 3: 103 (BM) - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 3: 102 (BM).

Current name: Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L. ( Bromeliaceae).

Note: Smith (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 70: 208, 219. 1935), and followed by many later authors, treated material in the Sloane herbarium (BM-SL) as the type but this was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.