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Hechtia lyman-smithii Burt-Utley & Utley

Publ: Brittonia 39: 37-40. (1987)

Type: MEXICO. OAXACA: dry steep calcareous hills with thorn scrub vegetation . : northern Oaxaca, elev. 2000 ft, 9 Jul 1982, male & female, Utley & Utley 6982 (Holotype: MEXU; Isotype: MO, NY, US).

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Distribution: MEXICO; Oaxaca,

Habitat: dry steep calcareous hills with thorn scrub vegetation, 2000-2200ft m. Elev.

Etymology: It is a great pleasure for us to name this interesting species in honor of Dr. Lyman B. Smith, Curator Emeritus of Botany at the Smithsonian Institution, who has devoted much of his research activity for over 50 years to the study of the Bromeliaceae.

Hechtia lyman-smithii