Bromelia pinguin Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 285. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B) Jarvis, Charlie    Bromelia pinguin Linnaeus ,  Species Plantarum 1 : 285. 1753  NCH5 L. Linnaeus 1753 Liliopsida Bromeliaceae Bromelia Plantae Poales Tracheophyta species pinguin      Bromelia pinguinLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum1: 285. 1753.  "Habitat in Jamaica, Barbados." RCN: 2265.   Lectotype(Smith in Phytologia15: 170. 1967): [icon] "Pinguin, an Bromelia pyramidata, aculeis nigris Plum."in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 320, t. 240, f. 311. 1732.   Note:Grant & Zijlstra (in Selbyana19: 96. 1998) argue that  B. karatasis the generitype, the choice having been made by Regel (in Gartenflora17: 67. 1868) which therefore pre-dates the more widely accepted choice of  B. pinguin, made by Hitchcock ( Prop. Brit. Bot.: 144. 1929).