Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 286 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 138 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1164 [secondary reference]

Conran, J.G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Bromeliaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 14 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Smith, L.B. & Till, W. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Bromeliaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 92, Fig. 26 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 860 [secondary reference]

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