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×Biltanthus Hort. Roehr (Exotics, Cat. Julius Roehrs Comp., [], 1947). — Lit: Butcher (2013). Distr: Cultivated only.
Incl. ×Cryptbergia Anonymus (1952).
= Billbergia × Cryptanthus. For long known as ×Cryptbergia, the change of name is necessary because of nomenclatural priority (Butcher 2013). Smith & Downs (1979: 1604, as ×Cryptbergia) mention the hybrids C. bahianus × B. nutans (= ×Cryptbergia ‘Red Burst’ = ×Cryptbergia rubra hort.) and C. beuckeri × B. nutans (= ×Cryptbergia meadii B. & C. Wilson 1963 = ×Cryptbergia ‘Mead’). Smith (1983) mentions a couple of additional cultivars, and several more have become known since (Butcher 2013). Plants are usually intermediate between the parents, i.e. the leaves are more ascending-spreading in the hybrids in comparison with the Cryptanthus parent, but far shorter than in Billbergia nutans.
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Smith, E. L. (1983) Bigeneric hybrids — A listing. J. Bromeliad Soc. 33(2): 69–75. http://journal.bsi.org/V33/2/
Smith, L. B. & Downs, R. J. (1979) Flora Neotropica. Monograph No. 14 [Bromeliaceae]. Part 3: Bromelioideae. New York (US): Hafner Press & New York Botanical Garden. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i399940
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Eggli, U. (2019). ×Biltanthus BROMELIACEAE. In: Eggli, U., Nyffeler, R. (eds) Monocotyledons. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56324-3_85-1
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