Catopsis nitida

Catopsis nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Catopsis
Species:	C. nitida
Binomial name
Catopsis nitida (Hooker) Grisebach
Synonyms[1]
Tillandsia nitida Hook. Tussacia nitida (Hook.) Beer Pogospermum nitidum (Hook.) Brongn. Pogospermum inconspicuum Brongn. Catopsis inconspicua (Brongn.) Baker

Catopsis nitida is a species in the genus Catopsis. This species is native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
3. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
5. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
6. Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C..
7. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.