Tillandsia swartzii Baker (1888: 12) Vriesea swartzii (Baker) Mez (1935: 400) Tillandsia paniculata Sw. ex Baker (1888: 12) Novelties in “ incertae sedis ” Vriesea (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae): Redescriptions, new combinations and nomenclatural revision Kessous, Igor M. Costa, Andrea F. Phytotaxa 2023 2023-02-27 585 2 71 101 (Baker) Kessous Kessous Baker [178,579,1382,1409] Liliopsida Bromeliaceae Werauhia Plantae Poales 23 94 Tracheophyta species swartzii   Basionym:—  Tillandsia swartzii  Baker (1888: 12).  Type:— JAMAICA. Withoutexact locality.  Swartzs.n.( holotype BM #923958!, isotype S! #S-R-10050).   ≡   Vriesea swartzii(Baker) Mez (1935: 400).  =   Tillandsia paniculataSw. ex Baker (1888: 12). nom. illeg. et nud. pro syn.   Description:—Plantterrestrial, flowering ca. 1.3 mhigh. Leavesca. 25 innumber, forming an infundibuliform rosette; sheathoblong-obovate, 11−16 × 7.5−10 cm, densely lepidote on both surfaces; bladelinear-oblong, triangular attenuate toward the apex, 35–51 × 4–5 cm, apex acute, green, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces. Inflorescencecompound, once-branched, ca. 60-flowered, ca. 70–110 cmlong, very lax, erect; peduncleerect, ca. 30 cmlong, 6.5–8 mmin diameter, glabrous; peduncle bractsthe lower ones foliaceous and imbricate, suberect to erect, the upper narrow and exposing the peduncle in part distally, triangular-lanceolate, ca. 10 × 1.2 cmlong, glabrescent to sparsely lepidote; main axisslightly sinuose, ca. 70 cmlong, 4–7 mmin diameter, glabrous; primary bractsdeciduous in some branches, lanceolate (lower ones) to narrowly ovate (upper ones), ca. 70 × 8.5 mm(lower ones) and ca. 15 × 5 mm(upper ones), glabrescent to sparsely lepidote on both surfaces; spikes 10–20 innumber (including the terminal one), 10–30 cmlong, in an angle of 30–70º to the main axis, then arching to horizontal, 2–6 flowered and with a sterile bract at the apex; stipe 16–20 cmlong, ca. 2 mmin diameter, with a sterile bract at the base; rachissinuous, 5–12 cmlong, ca. 1.5 mmin diameter. Floral bractsovate, obtuse, 10–10.5 × 6–7 mm, ecarinate, much exceeded by the sepals, lepidote on both surfaces. Flowersdistichous, suberect, downward secund, 27–32 mmlong, 10–15 mmapart; sepalsnarrowly oblong-elliptic, 16–17 × 4.5–6.2 mm, free, ecarinate, symmetric, glabrous; petalsnarrowly oblong-ovate, ca. 35 × 10 mm, off-white to smoky-cream, each with a purplish strip in center, free; petal appendagesca. 5 × 2 mm, adnate to the base of petals for 4.4 mm, entire, reduced dactyloid (one-fingered), with free lobe rounded (except the finger); stamensequaling the corolla; filamentca. 23 mmlong, complanate; antherdorsifixed near the base, ca. 7 × 1 mm, erect, incurved; ovaryconical, ca. 6.2 × 3.5 mm; styleca. 23 mmlong; stigmacupulate, exceeding the anthers. Fruitsfusiform, suberect ca. 2.3 cm; seedsunknown.   Distribution:—This species occurs in northern Jamaica, 370–762 mabove sea level.  Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes:—Downward-secund flowers as observed in this taxon are often observed in  Werauhiaspecieswith compound inflorescences, such as  W. gigantea(Mart. ex Schult. f.) Grant (1995a: 31)and  W. sanguinolenta(Linden ex Cogn. & Marchal) Grant (1995a: 35), although in some members of  Vrieseaas well. Beside this characteristic present in both genera,  V. swartziihas dactyloid (one-fingered) petal appendages ( Fig. 9C), a cupulate stigma ( Fig. 9D), and free petals, which lead us to propose this new combination in  Werauhia. In addition, this taxon is restricted to Jamaicain the West Indies, one of the centers of diversity of  Werauhia. The name  Tillandsia paniculataSw. ex Bakeris a nomen nudumand pro synonymo, not previously described and only cited (not accepted) as a synonym by Baker (1888)(Art. 38 of the Shenzhen code, Turland et al.2018).   Etymology:—The specific epithet “  swartzii” refers to the typecollector, Olof Swartz (1760–1818).  Representative Specimens Examined:— JAMAICA:  Rio Minho Valley,  3 March 1910, Harris 10885 ( NY); St. Ann; Jamaica; on road to Grier Mount, Mt. Diablo,  24 March 1967, fl., Read 1850(US); Trelawny, on limestone ridge above the Donkey trail, 1 mile Nof Burnt Hillintersection.  26 May 1960, past fl.  Read1920(US). 4039734357 [461,635,1422,1444] S Jamaica Swartz Type Without 23 94 BM #923958 1 holotype 4039734337 1910-03-03 1967-03-24 1910-03-03 NY, N United States of America Read Rio Minho Valley Burnt Hill 25 96 1