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Tillandsia x marchesii Rossado

Publ: Phytotaxa 667(1): 47-52 fig. 5, 27, 29 (2024)

Natural hybrid: Tillandsia aeranthos and Tillandsia recurvifolia

Type: URUGUAY. Artigas: Arrocera RIUSA, San Gregorio (ca. Aº Mandiyú), 30°32’S, 57°42’W, 26–27 September 2014 (cultivated in Montevideo, pressed 30 October 2016; fl.), A. Rossado 463 (holotype: MVFA).

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Distribution: Argentina: Artigas; Uruguay: Artigas

Habitat: Epiphyte in he open thorny forest, 40-70 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the botanist Eduardo H. Marchesi, for his great contributions to the flora of Uruguay.

Phenology: Flowers have been recorded in July, September, and October, similar to the phenology of its parental species.

Tillandsia x marchesii