| Name | Distiacanthus Baker |
| Authorship | Baker |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Bromeliaceae |
| Contains | Distiacanthus communis (Poir.) Rojas Acosta Distiacanthus morrenianus (Regel) Baker Distiacanthus scarlatinus hort. ex Henricq Distiacanthus sp. |
| Remarks | Lectotype (vide L. B. Sm. 1955): D. scarlatinus (E. Morren) Baker (based on Bromelia scarlatina E. Morren) |
| Citation | 1889 Handb. Bromel. 13 |