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Alcantarea martinellii Versieux & Wand.

Publ: Brittonia 61(4): 336–340 (2009)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Petrópolis, Malta, posto de fruticultura do governo, 15 Nov 1968, P. I. S. Braga 1558 & R. Braga 47 (holotype: RB; isotype: SP).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro, (near Petrópolis, Serra dos Órgãos)

Habitat: Known from two granite outcrops, 1000-1300 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors botanist Dr. Gustavo Martinelli of the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (RB), a Bromeliaceae specialist and pioneer in the study of Brazilian inselbergs and high-altitude grassland floras.

Phenology: Flowering individuals were collected in November; in fruit during August (immature) and September.

Alcantarea martinellii