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Wittmackia laevigata (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 21 (2017)

Type: Brazil, State of Bahia: field collected in Ibicui-Nova Canaa, Serra da Boa Vista, Apr. 2001, by Edmundo Silva s.n., and flowered in cultivation Feb. 2003, E. Leme 5135 (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: typical inhabitant of the lower tree trunks and the shaded rocks inside the remaining Atlantic forest, 500-600 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to the completely spineless leaf blades, which gives it a very delicate general appearance and distinguishes it from its close relative, the recently described Aechmea viridostigma (Leme & Luther 2003).

Wittmackia laevigata