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Aechmea novoae Flores-Arg., López-Ferr. & Espejo

Publ: Novon 28: 281-285 fig. 1 (2020)

Type: Mexico. Jalisco: municipio de Cabo Corrientes, ejido Las Juntas y Los Veranos, santuario las Guacamayas, 20°25ʹ58.80N, 105°18ʹ55.80W, 600 m.s.l., bosque tropical subcaducifolio, 23 Mar. 2018 (st.), cultivated and pressed 28 Oct. 2019 (fl.), A. Flores-Argu¨ elles, A. Espejo, A. R. Lo´pez-Ferrari, R. Hern´ andez-C´ardenas & I. N. Gomez-Escamilla 987 (holotype, UAMIZ; isotype, IBUG). Figure 1B–G.

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Distribution: Mexico, Jalisco

Habitat: growing as epiphyte in tropical subdeciduous forests and gallery forests, 100–600 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors Jorge Heriberto Novoa-Ramos, a dear friend who has made great efforts for the conservation of santuario Las Guacamayas in Cabo Corrientes Municipality. Jorge guided and helped during the fieldwork of the first author’s thesis project.

Phenology: This species flowers from September to January, fruiting from November to March.

Aechmea novoae