Catopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Catopsideae
Genus: Catopsis
Species: C. berteroniana – C. compacta – C. delicatula – C. floribunda – C. juncifolia – C. micrantha – C. minimiflora – C. montana – C. morreniana – C. nitida – C. nutans – C. oerstediana – C. paniculata – C. pedicellata – C. pisiformis – C. sessiliflora – C. subulata – C. wangerinii – C. wawreana – C. werckleana
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Catopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 June 08. Reference page.

Name

Catopsis Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 21. 1864 publ. 1865.
Type species: Catopsis nitida (Hook.) Griseb.

Catopsis is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus name is from the Greek “kata” (hanging down) and “opsis” (appearance). Catopsis is a genus of plants widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Brazil, plus Florida and the West Indies.[1] One of the species, Catopsis berteroniana, is thought to be carnivorous.
Species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Catopsis berteroniana (Schultes f.) Mez	from Bahamas, Florida, Chiapas and Veracruz south to Brazil
	Catopsis compacta Mez	Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco
	Catopsis delicatula L.B. Smith	Guatemala, southern Mexico
	Catopsis floribunda L.B. Smith	West Indies, Venezuela, Honduras, Oaxaca, Florida
	Catopsis juncifolia Mez & Wercklé	from Veracruz to Panama
	Catopsis micrantha L.B. Smith	Panama
	Catopsis minimiflora Matuda	Chiapas
	Catopsis montana L.B.Sm.	Cuba, Central America
	Catopsis morreniana Mez	from Veracruz to Costa Rica
	Catopsis nitida (Hooker) Grisebach	from Veracruz to Panama; Greater Antilles
	Catopsis nutans (Swartz) Grisebach	Florida, Central America, Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
	Catopsis oerstediana Mez	southern Mexico, Central America
	Catopsis paniculata E. Morren	southern Mexico, Central America
	Catopsis pedicellata L.B.Sm	Guatemala, Costa Rica, southern Mexico
	Catopsis pisiformis Rauh	Panama
	Catopsis sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Mez	West Indies; Latin America from Puebla and Jalisco south to Peru
	Catopsis subulata L.B. Smith	Guatemala, Honduras, Chiapas, Oaxaca
	Catopsis wangerinii Mez & Wercklé	Central America, Colombia, Chiapas, Veracruz
	Catopsis wawranea Mez	Veracruz, Oaxaca, Belize
	Catopsis werckleana Mez	Costa Rica

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Catopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 June 08. Reference page.
Grisebach, A.H.R. (1864) Fl. Brit. W. I. 599
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Catopsis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.