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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Catopsis |accepted_authority=Grisebach |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Flora of the British West Indian Islands |place=599. 1864 |year=1864 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Bromeliaceae;Catopsis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bromeliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Catopsis]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism growth form;stem prominence"><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic, without evident stems.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>many-ranked, rosulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;bloom shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or pubescence">blade linear to triangular, base usually with chalklike bloom, margins entire, appressed-scaly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;flower arrangement"><b>Inflorescence </b>central, 5–many-flowered, always many-ranked, simple or compound, flowers laxly arranged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="floral bract size;floral bract prominence">floral bracts small, inconspicuous, not obscuring rachis.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual in flora or functionally unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal architecture or shape">sepals distinct, strongly asymmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal fusion">petals distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen position;set quantity;set size;filament fusion">stamens included, usually in 2 unequal sets, filaments free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary position">ovary superior.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid to ellipsoid, dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="appendage coloration;appendage position;appendage shape"><b>Seeds </b>with light tan to brown, apical, plumose appendage.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;West Indies;Mexico;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 18 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence 3–10-flowered, pendent; corolla bright yellow, nocturnal |[[Catopsis nutans|Catopsis nutans]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence 15–50-flowered, erect to pendulous; corolla white, diurnal. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaves yellow-green, covered with conspicuous, white, chalky powder; floral bracts 6–8 mm |[[Catopsis berteroniana|Catopsis berteroniana]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaves bright green, not covered with conspicuous, white, chalky powder; floral bracts 4–5 mm |[[Catopsis floribunda|Catopsis floribunda]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Catopsis |author=Harry E. Luther;Gregory K. Brown |authority=Grisebach |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Bromeliaceae |distribution=Fla.;West Indies;Mexico;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=Flora of the British West Indian Islands |publication year=1864 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_260.xml |genus=Catopsis |appendage coloration=light tan;brown |appendage position=apical |appendage shape=plumose |blade shape=linear;triangular |bloom shape=chalklike |capsule dehiscence=dehiscent |capsule shape=ovoid;ellipsoid |filament fusion=free |floral bract prominence=inconspicuous |floral bract size=small |flower arrangement=arranged |flower reproduction=unisexual;bisexual |inflorescence architecture=compound;simple;5-many-flowered |inflorescence arrangement=many-ranked |inflorescence position=central |leaf arrangement=rosulate;many-ranked |margin architecture or pubescence=appressed-scaly |margin architecture or shape=entire |ovary position=superior |petal fusion=distinct |sepal architecture or shape=asymmetric |sepal fusion=distinct |set quantity=2 |set size=unequal |stamen position=included |stem prominence=evident |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism habitat=epiphytic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bromeliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Bromeliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Catopsis.