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Bromelia tocantinense Esteves & Gouda

Publ: J. Brom. Soc. 60-64 (Figs. 1-11) (2015)

Type: BRAZIL. Tocantins, region adjacent to Ponte Alta do Tocantins, municipality of Tocantins, 10° 39’ 20´´S, 47° 46’ 08´´W. Elevation 390 m, June 1998. Flowered in cultivation Nov. 2012, E. Esteves Pereira E-441; Holotype UFG, number 42829.

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Tocantins

Habitat: Terrestrial in scattered colonies in open areas of the dry Cerrado biome, ca 400 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet “tocantinense” refers to the area where the type was collected in Tocantins State of Brazil. To assist with field identification of the new species, figures 11-14 show the differences between the blooms of Bromelia tocantinense and 3 similar species growing in the same habitat. Further differences between these species are given in Table 1.

Bromelia tocantinense