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

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 2278.

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

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 403.2 (LINN); [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 233, t. 238, f. 1. 1760.

Current name: Guzmania monostachia (L.) Mez ( Bromeliaceae).

Note: Smith & Downs (in Fl. Neotropica 14: 1338. 1977) indicated an unpublished Plumier plate in Paris as type, but this was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.