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Bromelia arubaiensis P.L.Ibisch & R.Vásquez

Publ: Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 4: 52 (2003)

Type: BOLIVIA. SANTA CRUZ: Prov. Andres Ibanez: Canton Terevinto, Arubai, 450 m, G. Coimbra 3 729 (holotype: USZ). Fig. 1, 3.

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Distribution: BOLIVIA; Santa Cruz,

Habitat: Terrestrial forest species, 400-450 m. Elev.

Etymology: The new species is called after the private Arubai reserve of the Coimbra family where it is was discovered. It was illustrated by colored photographs in IBISCH & VASQUEZ (2000) as Bromelia sp. 1.

Bromelia arubaiensis