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Tillandsia thiekenii Ehlers

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 43(4): 151, 179 (1993)

Type: Holotype. WU (Univ. of Vienna), leg. Reinhold Thieken s.n., May 1991, Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro, Morro do Coco,

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro,

Habitat: on steep rock walls

Etymology: The plant is named for Reinhold Thieken of Tubingen, who collected a number of very interesting plants during trips to Brazil and Colombia.

Tillandsia thiekenii