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Vriesea flexuosa F.P.Uribbe & A.F.Costa  (nom. et stat. nov.)

Publ: Systematic Botany, 45(1) : 59-60 fig.6,7c,d (2020)

Type: BRAZIL. São Paulo, Pirajussara, A.Gehrt & L.B.Smith 1820 (holotype: GH, isotype: SP)

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Distribution: Brazil: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo

Habitat: epiphytic or terrestrial in low-montane and montane forests

Etymology: The epithet “flexuosa” refers to the delicate flexuous branches

Phenology: blooms from January to March

Vriesea flexuosa