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Alcantarea australiana Versieux & Smythe

Publ: Bromélias-Gigantes do Brasil 58-61 pl. 9, map 5. (2015)

Type: BRASIL. Rio de Janeiro: Campos dos Goytacazes, Imbe, f. cult. na Australia a partir de semeadura, maio 2013, R. Little s.n. (holotype: UFRN17095).

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Distribution: BRASIL. Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: Campos dos Goytacazes

Etymology: The choice of the name has a double meaning: it pays homage to Australia, where parents of the new species were grown and initially studied by collector Robert Smythe, and for being in the A. extensa complex with a more southern distribution, reaching the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Alcantarea australiana