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Tillandsia winkleri T.Strehl

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Iheringia 54: 28-29 (2000)

Type: BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Zinho, 27.VI.1997, J. C. da Silva & T. Strehl 1863 (Holotypus: HAS 66353);

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio Grande do Sul,

Habitat: growing on rocky walls of sandstone.

Etymology: the name is in homage to Prof. Dr. Sieghart Winkler, first collector of this plant in Rio Grande do Sul, mentioned in the article on T. bergeri Mez (Winkler, 1982).

Phenology: it blooms between July and October.

Tillandsia winkleri