Vriesea euclidiana Leme & G.K.Br.
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- The living holotype descendant (cult. E. Leme 5712) is cultivated in the collection of the Refúgio dos Gravatás, in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro. This new species occupies habitats similar to those of its closest relatives, forming large populations that are rupicolous on steep rock walls in the Atlantic Forest. Known populations, despite being relatively close to the large river, Rio Doce, are comparatively dry, and the amazing white-cinereous leaves of Vriesea euclidiana appear to be an adaptation to full sun-light exposure and severe water stress. It shares its habitat with species of Cactaceae, as well as large population of Alcantarea sp. and Orthophytum estevesii (Rauh) Leme. —See Pereira 1971
