| Name | Pitcairnia modesta L. B. Smith | 
| Authorship | L. B. Smith | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Pitcairnia L'Heritier | 
| Citation | 1961 Phytologia 7(8): 417–418, t. 1, f. 1–2 | 
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pitcairnia modesta L. B. Smith | 
| Identification made in | 2004 (1) |