40-140.2

Aechmea rubroaristata Leme & Fraga

(subgen. Pothuava)

Publ: Rodriguésia 61(1): 28-29. Figs. 1 l–o, 2 e–f (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. SANTA CATARINA: near the border to Paraná, Campo Alegre, Morro do Iquererim (“Quiriri”), 1200 to 1450 m elev., 16.XI.1990, fl., E. Leme, J.C. Silva & L.C. Marigo 1662 (holotype RB; isotype HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina (county of Campo Alegre not far from the border with Paraná State.)

Habitat: It grows in the exposed sites of the “Campos de Altitude”, as well as in more protected, shady condition of the gallery forest, 1200-1450 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of Aechmea rubroaristata is a reference of the eyecatching bright red color of its floral bracts and sepals, combined with the aristatespinescent floral bracts.

Aechmea rubroaristata