| Name | Pitcairnia pulchella Mez |
| Authorship | Mez |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Pitcairnia L'Heritier |
| Citation | 1896 Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 9: 459 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pitcairnia pulchella Mez |
| Identification made in | 1946 (1), 1966 (1) |