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Pitcairnia macrochlamys treated as a synonym of P. recurvata.

 Pitcairnia recurvata

(Scheidw.) K. Koch, Index Sem. (Berlin) 1857(App.): 4 (1858).

Puya recurvata Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 275 (1842). Holotype: Mexico, Scheidweiler s n (photo NOLS! ex B). Detail from Utley, J. F. Bromeliaceae. In: Flora Mesoamericana. 6: 97.1994