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Neoregelia retrorsa Leme & L.Kollmann

(subgen. Longipetalopsis)

Publ: Phytotaxa 16: 19-21 (2011)

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Água Doce do Norte, próximo a cidade, Morro da Torre, 18º 34.14’ S, 40º 59.17’ W, ca. 625 m, 27 April 2008, Leme 7371 (holotype RB, isotype MBML).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia, Espírito Santo

Habitat: growing in the Atlantic Forest, ca. 625 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet “retrorsa” refers to the retrorsely curved, uncinate basal spines of its leaf blades, which distinguishes it from other members of the N. pernambucana Leme & J.A.Siqueira complex.

Neoregelia retrorsa