Bromelia rosea Esteves, Hofacker & Scharf
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- Bromelia rosea is of great ornamental value, grows terrestrially and inhabits a dry kind of the Cerrado vegetation. It grows predominantly in full sunshine, in soil or occasionally on rock outcrops, among small trees and grass, sometimes sympatric with other Bromeliaceae like Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker, Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L.B. Sm., Bromelia villosa Mez, Dyckia brasiliana L.B. Sm., Dyckia edwardii P.J. Braun, Esteves & Scharf and Dyckia machrisiana L.B. Sm. The main habitat is in the district of Uruacu on the road to Niquelandia, in the north of Goias state, Brazil. The devastation of the biome is continuous and increasing. Creation of new types of pastoral economy (extensive farms for raising cattle, new and extensive plantings of grains (mainly soybeans) and, more recently, to satisfy the national and international demand for alcohol for fuel(ethanol), new industries in Goias state are already spreading out in the native areas of the Cerrado for sugar cane cultivation. Despite the substantial destruction of the native vegetation, some new and small habitats of Bromelia rosea were found. It still exists, inhabiting scattered spots in districts of Alto Paraiso de Goias, Formosa, Hidrolina, Niquelandia, and Sao Joao da Alianca, all situated in the Goias state. —See Esteves et al. 2013
