Catopsis Griseb.
Catopsis is a genus of the subfamily Tillandsioideae, family Bromeliaceae.
The name is derived from the Greek words kata (hanging down) and opsis (resembling). Species are widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Brazil, as well as Florida and the West Indies. One of the taxa, Catopsis berteroniana, is known to be carnivorous.
There are currently 18 recognised species in this genera. (source: Encyclopedia of Bromeliads.)
berteroniana
compacta
delicatula
floribunda
hahnii
juncifolia
micrantha
minimiflora
morreniana
nitida
nutans
- var. nutans
- var. robustior
occulta
paniculata
pisiformis
sessiliflora
subulata
wangerinii
- var. pisiformis
wawranea.
Updated 26/10/22