Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas Linnaeus, Carolus NCFV Linnaeus 1753 Liliopsida Bromeliaceae Bromelia Plantae Poales Tracheophyta species karatas spec. nov.  3. Bromelia foliis ciliato-spinosis mucronatis, panicula diffusa. Bromelia foliis spinosis oblique recurvis, fructibus dispermis racemosis. Hort. ups. 73. Karatas foliis altissimis angustissimis & aculeatis. Plum. gen. 10?   Habitat inAmerica meridionali . ♃