Catopsis compacta Mez

Catopsis compacta Mez, Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3: 140. 1903
Plant 35-60 cm. high; leaves many in a subutriculate rosette, strict, 2-3 dm. long, very obscurely brown-punctulate, bearing a fine cretaceous coat especially toward the base; sheaths elliptic-oblong, usually longer than the blades and merging imperceptibly with them, 6 cm. wide; blades triangular, acuminate, more or less revolute toward the apex; scape erect, its bracts foliaceous, erect, densely imbricate; inflorescence subdensely 3-pinnate, ellipsoid, 15-23 cm. long, glabrous; primary bracts broadly ovate, long-acuminate, shorter than the axillary branches or rarely the lowest longer; lower branches bearing 3 or 4 subfasciculate spikes, divergent; spikes short-stipitate, cylindric, densely flowered, 3-5 cm. long; floral bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, slightly shorter than the sepals, thin; flowers perfect, suberect; sepals strongly asymmetric, 5 mm. long; petals barely exserted, white; stamens unequal; style very short.
Type uocality: Macaltepec, Oaxaca. Distribution: Oaxaca.

Catopsis compacta is a species in the genus Catopsis. This species is endemic to Mexico.

Catopsis compacta est une espèce de plantes tropicales de la famille des Bromeliaceae, endémique du Mexique et décrite en 1903.

Catopsis compacta là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bromeliaceae. Loài này được Mez mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1903.