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Brocchinia gilmartiniae G.S.Varad.

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 36(6): 251-254 (1986)

Type: Venezuela: Estado Bolivar: about 120 kms S of El Dorado, near La Escalera, along the road to Luepa, 5° 50'N, 61° 30'W, 1150-1200 m, Nov. 7, 1983, G. S. Varadarajan & F. Oliva-Esteva 1158 (holotype, VEN; isotype, US, WS).

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Distribution: VENEZUELA; Bolivar,

Habitat: 1150-1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: I take pleasure in naming this new Brocchinia for Dr. Amy Jean Gilmartin who introduced me to the Bromeliaceae beginning in 1981. It is a great honor to name this new species for a botanist whose interest and enthusiasm in the Bromeliaceae are well known.

Brocchinia gilmartiniae