Bromelia acanga Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 232. 1767, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl. 1: 285 (1753). RCN: 2270.

Replaced synonym: Bromelia karatas L. (1753) .

Type not designated.

Original material: as replaced synonym.

Current name: Bromelia karatas L. ( Bromeliaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for B. karatas L. (1753) - see comments on the identity of the cited synonyms by Smith & Downs (in Fl. Neotropica 14: 1678. 1979).