15- 55.3

Vriesea fontourae B.R.Silva

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 55(2): 77 (2005)

Type: Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: field collected at Municipio de Silva Jardim, Jan. 2001, by Eduardo Luiz Lopes Torres s.n., and flowered in cultivation at the Jardim Botanico Neotropicum (JBN 875), Aug. 2001, B.R. Silva s.n. (Holotype: RB). FIGURES 24-26.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro,

Etymology: This species was named in honor of Talita Fontoura, an accomplished Brazilian botanist and collector of the paratype.

Vriesea fontourae