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Hohenbergia halutheriana Leme

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 62(6): 298-309 “2012” (2013)

Type: Brazil, Bahia, Una, road Una to Santa Luzia, ca. 100 m elev., 7 Dec. 1996, E. Leme 3736, H. E. Luther, D. Benzing & P. Nahoum, fl. cult. Jan. 2007. Holotype: RB. Isotype: CEPEC.

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Distribution: Brazil, Bahia

Habitat: an epiphytic dweller of the low elevation, hygrophilous Atlantic Forest, 100-125 m. Elev.

Etymology: Hohenbergia halutheriana honors one of its collectors, a special friend, the worldwide well known bromeliad taxonomist Harry E. Luther.

Hohenbergia halutheriana