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Tillandsia walter-tillii J.R.Grant

Publ: Vidalia 2(2): 25 (2005)

Type: Ecuador. Prov. de Sucumbios: Gonzalo Pizarro, road between El Chaco Gonzalo Pizarro, 00°12'S, 77°42'W, ca. 1800 m elevation, July 1994. Jose M. Manzanares 5205 (holotype, QCNE)

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Sucumbios,

Habitat: grows only in dense humid subtropical forest In the same areas at 900 m is found V. heterandra (Mez) L.B. Smith, which can be found in all the Amazonian provinces of Ecuador., 1800 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name Vriesea tillii honors Dr. Walter Till, an authority on Ecuadorean bromeliads from the University of Vienna.

Tillandsia walter-tillii