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Alcantarea mucilaginosa Leme

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 59(1): 12-15 (2009)

Type: Brazil: Espírito Santo, Conceição do castelo, near Venda Nova dos Imigrantes, rupiculous along BR 262, ca. 700 m elev., 29 Apr. 1995, E. Leme 3086 & R. Kautsky, fl. cult. Dec. 2007 (Holotype, HB. Isotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espírito Santo

Habitat: Saxicolous on steep granitic walls along the road, 700 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this species is a direct reference to the unusual production at the base of the flowers of a large quantity of mugilagenous, translucent material.

Alcantarea mucilaginosa