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<- Vriesea luziae R.L.Moura & A.F.Costa

Publ: Nordic Journal of Botany Online: 3,6 fig. 3–4, 7 (2025)

Type: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande, Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, cume do Pico do Papagaio, 29 July 2009 (flower), R. Moura 781 (holotype: R)

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Distribution: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: terrestrial or rupicolous, heliophytic, 980 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name is a tribute to the National Museum and one of the most important pieces in its collection: the skull of a hominid called Luzia, found among the rubble after the great fire of 2018. As a symbol of ‘new beginnings’, the tribute extends to the survivors of the heavy rains and landslides that occurred in the ‘green coast’ region of Rio de Janeiro and Itajaí/SC (in 2010 and 2011 respectively)

Vriesea luziae