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Pitcairnia glauca Leme & A.P.Fontana

Publ: Systematic Botany 35(3): 487-496 (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. Espirito Santo: Agua Doce do Norte, near the city road to the tower, 18°34.50"S 40°59.63”W, 614 m elev., 27 Apr 2008, E. Lcme 7363, L. Kollmann, A. P Fontana, M. Zanoni & O. Ribeiro (holotype: MBML!; isotype: HB!).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Espirito Santo

Habitat: Terrestrial on shallow sandy or rocky soils accumulated at the base of granitic outcrops in the Atlantic Forest, ca. 500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name reflects the green-glaucous color of the leaves of P. glauca, which is intensified by a dense layer of white epicuticular wax not observed in its other morphologically close relatives.

Pitcairnia glauca