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Tillandsia witeckii H.Büneker, R.Pontes & K.Soares

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Iheringia 69(1): 92-95 fig. 2 (2014)

Type: BRASIL, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Piratini, saxicola em escarpa rochosa as margens do rio Camaqua, 31.VIII.2012, fl. e fr., H.M. Buneker 86, S. Frasson, A.S. Lima, R.C. Pontes & L. Witeck (Holotype: HDCF 6279; Isotype: SMDB 13924, RB).

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Distribution: Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul

Habitat: in a rocky escarpment of the river Camaqua

Etymology: the species epithet is named in honour of Professor and Naturalist, Leopoldo Witeck Neto, Forest engineer and Professor at the Colegio Politecnico da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul).

Phenology: blooms from July to December, fruits from August to January

Tillandsia witeckii