34- 17.1

Orthophytum gurkenii Hutchison  (Incorrectly recorded as 34-18 in Luther & Sieff (rebus 1))

Publ: Phytologia 52(6): 373 (1983)

Type: BRASIL, state of Minas Gerais, Municipality of Teofilo Otoni, near the town, Luiz Carlos Gurken and Sergio Gurken 1007 (UC 1475009-Holotype, US).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Etymology: It is a pleasure to dedicate this new species to Luiz Carlos Gurken who, with his brother Sergio, has for the last dozen years or so collected many new species of Bromeliaceae and rediscovered many rare species throughout Brasll. They have a superb collection in Vargem Grande and are propagating the choicest of their discoveries from seed. Duplicates of many of their collections are growing in the private botanical garden of Roberto Burle Marx. Their collections include many rare and new species in other families from Brasil and other South American countries, most notably in Cactaceae, Araceae, Velloziaceae, Heliconia and Begonia.

Orthophytum gurkenii