Vriesea schultesiana Smith (1954: 197) 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 (L. B. Sm.) Kessous Kessous L. B. Sm. [178,665,626,653] Liliopsida Bromeliaceae Tillandsia Plantae Poales 14 85 Tracheophyta species schultesiana   Basionym:—  Vriesea schultesiana Smith (1954: 197).  Type:— COLOMBIA. Amazonas-Vaupés: Raudal Jirijirimo, Rio Apaporis,  March 1951,  Schultes12088( holotypeUS!, isotype GH! COL!).   Description:—Plantepilithic, flowering 15−25(−40) cm high. Leaves 15−20 innumber, forming an utriculate rosette; sheathovate, 1−2.3 × 1−1.7 cm, densely scaly lepidote, dark brown on both surfaces; bladenarrowly linear, 10–35 × 0.25–0.5 cm, apex caudate to long attenuate, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces. Inflorescencesimple, densely and distichously 6–18 flowered, 11–35 cm, erect, bearing 1–2 sterile bracts at the apex and 1 sterile bract in the basis; peduncleerect, 9–30 cmlong and 1–3 mmin diameter, sparsely lepidote; peduncle bractserect to suberect, slightly if at all imbricate, oblong-elliptic, apex of the lower ones attenuate-caudate, 15–25(–50) × 4–7 mm, pale yellow, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces; rachisgeniculate (2–)5–10(–12) cm long, 1.7–2 mmin diameter. Floral bractsbroadlyelliptic, obtuse, incurved at the apex, 13–23 × 6–12 mm, slightly carinate at the apex, pale yellow exceeding the sepals, sparsely lepidote on the adaxial surface, glabrous or sometimes sparsely lepidote on the abaxial surface. Flowersca. 23 mmlong, 4–6 mmapart, distichous, suberect; sepalslinear-oblong, obtuse, 7.5–8 × 1.8–2.2 mm, ecarinate, symmetric, sparsely lepidote on the adaxial surface; petalsnarrowly elliptic, ca. 14 × 3.2 mm, pale yellowish; petal appendagesca. 4 × 1.4 mm, adnate to the petal base for 2–3 mm, entire with a rounded free lobe; stamensincluded; filamentca. 7.5 mmlong, adnate to the base of the petal for 5.2 mm; antherca. 3 × 0.7 mm, suberect; ovaryconical, ca. 1 × 0.8 mm; styleca. 6 mmlong; stigmaconduplicate-spiral. Fruitscylindrical, suberect, 18–20 mm; seedsincluding coma ca. 4.6 mm, without or with a short apical coma ( 0.1 mm), basal coma ca. 1.9 mm.   Distribution:—This species occurs on quartzite cliffs in Colombia, 100–300 mabove sea level.  Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes:—This species is easily recognized in herbaria, especially because of its small size, grass-like leaves, blades with a caudate to long attenuate apex, and inflorescence shape. We observed petal colors ranging from white to yellow on herbaria labels. This set of characteristics, in addition to the conduplicatespiral stigma ( Fig. 7B) and the geographical distribution (restricted to Colombia) lead us to propose the combination  Tillandsiasubg. Pseudovriesea. The apical coma of the seed is absent or short in  T. schultesiana.   Etymology:—The specific epithet “  schultesiana” refers to the collector of the typematerial, Richard Evans Schultes (1915–2001).  Representative Specimens Examined:—  COLOMBIA. Amazonas-Vaupés: Raudal Jirijirimo, Rio Apaporis, 0°5’N, 70°40’ W,  25 November 1951,  Garcia-Barriga13710(US);  Schultes& Cabrera14553( GH);  Vaupés, corregimiento de Pacoa, comunidad Buenos Aires, raudal Hirihirimo, vegetacion rupicola, bosque bien conservado. 0°2’51.3” N– 70°56’15.2” W. 168 msnm.,  23 February 2018,  Castaño 10531( COAH, F);  Amazonas: Rio Popeyacá(tributary of Apaporis between Río Piraparaná and Raudal Yayacopi): near mouth. Alt.about  700 feet, 0°20’ S, 70°30’ W,  15 April 1952,  Schultes&  Cabrera16185(US, GH);  Caquetá:  8 December 1990,  Franco3279( COL);  Meta:  3 October 1964,  Idrobo& Cardoso5568( COL);  Vaupés:  21 January 1952,  Schultes& Evans14967( COL). 4039734341 [473,649,666,688] 1951-03 GH, COL Colombia Schultes Type Rio Apaporis 14 85 1 holotype 4039734364 1951-11-25 GH Garcia-Barriga & Schultes Colombia Rio Apaporis 0.083333336 Amazonas-Vaupes 1308 -70.666664 Raudal Jirijirimo 14 85 1 4039734389 2018-02-23 COAH, F de Pacoa & Castan Colombia Hirihirimo 0.047583334 Vaupes 1 -70.93755 Buenos Aires 14 85 1 4039734372 1952-04-15 GH Schultes United States of America Alt. 213 -0.33333334 Amazonas 1308 -70.5 Apaporis 14 85 1 4039734387 1990-12-08 COL Franco United States of America Caqueta 14 85 1 4039734305 [294,930,1814,1841] 1964-10-03 COL Idrobo & Cardoso United States of America Meta 14 85 1 4039734369 1952-01-21 COL Schultes & Evans United States of America Vaupes 14 85 1