Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 785 805 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Renealmia polystachia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 286. 1753 . "Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 2277. Basionym of: Tillandsia polystachia (L.) L. (1762) . Neotype (Smith & Downs, Fl. Neotropica 14: 924. 1977): Plumier, s.n. (P). Current name: Tillandsia polystachia (L.) L. ( Bromeliaceae ). Note: Smith & Downs designated a Plumier specimen (P) as the type. It would not, however, have been studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Although one illustration, Catesby's 2: t. 89, is mentioned in the protologue, it is accompanied by "?" , indicating Linnaeus' doubts as to whether it belonged with this name. These seem to have been well-founded as the plate is identifiable as Tillandsia balbisiana (Schultes) Roemer & Schultes (see Howard & Staples in J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 514. 1983). In the absence of original material, Smith & Downs' choice is treated as a neotypification under Art. 9.8.