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Tillandsia mantiqueirae Paixão-Souza, N.G. Silva & R.J.V. Alves

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Phytotaxa 525(3): 198-202 (fig. 1, 2 a-d) (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Alagoa, estrada a oeste da cidade. Paredão de rocha granítica, 1,345 m elevation, 22 June 2013, B. Paixão-Souza 201 (holotype R)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: Saxicolous on the north-facing cliffs, exposed to full sunlight, surrounded by pasture within an area of dense fores, forming a dense populations, 1345-1370 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to one of the most expressive massifs in southeastern Brazil, the Mantiqueira mountain range

Phenology: Flowering in August.

Tillandsia mantiqueirae