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Racinaea lutheri Manzanares & W.Till

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 62(6): 263-267 (2013)

Type: Ecuador, province of Morona-Santiago: cantón Limón Indanza, antenas arriba de Limón, 02̊56́S 78̊31́W, 2110 m, 13 April 1997, J.M. Manzanares, E. Girko, J. Raack, E. Doherty & M. Navarro 6368 (holotype: QCNE).

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Distribution: Ecuador: Morona-Santiago

Habitat: Epiphytic in upper montane rain forest and cloud forest in the Amazon region, 2000-2110 m. Elev.

Etymology: This Racinaea is named in honor of Harry E. Luther (1952 - 2012), the late bromeliad expert at Gardens By The Bay, National Parks Board Headquarters, Singapore, author of over 100 species of bromeliads and former director of the Mulford B. Foster bromeliad identification center at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (SEL), Florida.

Racinaea lutheri