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Alcantarea lexeri Versieux

Publ: Alcantarea: giant bromeliads from Brazil 145-147 fig. 30, pl. 29, map 2 (2021)

Orthography: Alcantarea lexerii

Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Mun. Macae, distrito de Bicuda Pequena, rocky outcrop of the peak of Bicuda Peque­na, -22.4213085 -42.146215, ca. 680 m.a.s.l., 26 Jan 2020, D.S. Carvalho s.n. (holotype: UFRN!; isotypes: K, RB, SEL, W)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: Rupicolous heliophyte, ca. 680 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species is named after Prof. Christian Lexer (1971-2019), evolu­tionary biologist and geneticist from the University of Vienna, who dedicated a great part of his career to understanding plant speciation and evolution, particularly of bro­meliads

Phenology: Flowering from January to February

Alcantarea lexeri