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Internal ID UUID643ff3485cde7604643259
Scientific name Catopsis nutans
Authority Griseb.
First published in Fl. Brit. W. I. : 599 (1864)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Catopsis fulgens Griseb. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 21 (1864 publ. 1865)
Catopsis nutans var. robustior L.B.Sm. Contr. Gray Herb. 154: 34 (1945)
Catopsis nutans var. stenopetala (Baker) L.B.Sm. N. Amer. Fl. 19: 193 (1938)
Catopsis stenopetala Baker J. Bot. 25: 176 (1887)
Catopsis tenella Mez Monogr. Phan. 9: 631 (1896)
Catopsis vitellina Baker J. Bot. 25: 176 (1887)
Pogospermum flavum Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 328 (1864)
Pogospermum nutans Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 328 (1864)
Tillandsia cornucopia Bertero ex André Bromel. Andr. : 61 (1889)
Tillandsia nutans Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 56 (1788)
Tillandsia vitellina Link, Klotzsch & Otto Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 81 1841
Tussacia vitellina Klotzsch ex Beer Fam. Bromel. : 99 (1856)

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English nodding strap airplant

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000352930
Florida Plant Atlas 2850
USDA Plants CANU7
Tropicos 4300556
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:122526-1
The Plant List kew-232446
Open Tree Of Life 761973
NCBI Taxonomy 72644
Nature Serve 2.137630
IPNI 122526-1
iNaturalist 160240
GBIF 2698814
Freebase /m/09v5gvx
EOL 1123010
Wikipedia Catopsis_nutans

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_053630395.1 ASM5363039v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-11-24 60 731.59 Mb

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