WRHP Taxon No. 2441

Tillandsia elizabethae Rauh (Bromeliaceae)

Protologue	Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 43: 5–7, fig. 1. (Bromelienstudien I., 9. Mitteilung: 5–7) [Diagnosis p. 5] published 1979 Protologue has been verified.
Typus	HT: HEID Rauh 50 385 [sub no. 607616 et in spiritu sub No. 204767]
Typification according to protologue	Holotypus: RAUH 50 385, Juni 1975, in herb. inst bot. system. univers. heidelbergensi (HEID). [German version] Holotypus: RAUH 50 385, Juni 1979, Herbarium Inst. Syst. Botanik der Universität Heidelberg (HEID).
Locus classicus according to protologue	Habitat: Barranco de Cobre (Chihuahua, Mexico) ad arbores generis Commiphorae apud 1200 m.s.m. [German version:] Heimat und Verbreitung: Barranco de Cobre (Chihuahua, Nord-Mexiko), auf Commiphora-Bäumen, bei 1200 m.
Comments	Named in honour of Elizabeth «Betty» Gay who, with her husband Ed, owned the Cactus Ranchito in California, where Rauh staye dseveral times. See Dimitt (1985) as well. [CNS 2016-12-30]
Names of taxon in WRHP database	Tillandsia elizabethiae Rauh (Bromeliaceae)
Life form	Epiphyte
Life form references	Protologue: «ad arbores [...] auf Commiphora-Bäumen» Literature: Rauh e.a. (1990): «auf Bäumen» [Werner Rauh, Elvira Groß (1990): Bromelien. Stuttgart (Ulmer), p. 144. ISBN 3-8001-6371-3] Herbarium specimens: MO-371679: «Epiphyte in Taxodium along river» MO-371680: «Epiphyte on canyon slope» Only extremely poor data available. [CNS 2017-01-16] §

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As Protologue is considered what is noted in ICN Articel 8, Recommendation 8A.4, Footnote 3.

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