Wittrockia cyathiformis (Vellozo) Leme

Taxonomic Change:

• Treated as a synonym of Canistrum cyathiforme (Vell.) Mez —See Wanderly & Martins 2007 p. 75

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 99 BSA (Web) Die Bromelie: 1983:13d FCBS (Web) Golinski 1997 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 17:84p 42:68d: 60(4):105,106 Leme 1997a: 59,66,68,98h,103d Leme 2000a: 191,227 Lindman 1891: 5 Machado & Neto 2010: 119 Mee 1992: 57 NY Bot. Garden Reitz 1983: 38 Smith & Downs 1979: 1717*: 1718 Tardivo & Cervi 2001: 22:72b

Vellozo 1829: 3:144 Wien Herbarium, Inst

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• DISTRIBUTION & HABITAT
  Wittrockia cyathiformis is a mesophyte from the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Parana, also occurring in Santa Catarina near the border with Parana, in Campo Alegre and Garuva municipalities (Reitz, 1983; personal observation). It is an epiphyte or a terrestrial or saxicolous plant in the Atlantic forest, growing at altitudes of 800 to 2,000 m. This plant is mainly terrestrial or saxicolous in cloud forests, and is also found in gallery forests within the high-altitude grasslands or, farther inland, in the grasslands on rocky soils of Minas Gerais. It is protected in areas such as the Serra dos Orgaos and Bocaina National Parks.
  states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Parana, also occurring in Santa Catarina near the border with Parana, in Campo Alegre and Garuva municipalities