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Tillandsia gloriae F. Gruber, W. Till & Barfuss

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Bromelie 2021(3): 117-123 figs. 1–5,7–12(cover) (2021)

Type: Colombia, Prov. Cundinamarca, along the road from Arbelaez to Pandi, on vertical cliff, alt. 1,200 m a.s.l., leg. May 2016, F.G. Gruber s.n., cultivated in the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna WU-HBV № 0030229, DNA accession № MHJB-B1748, flowered 6 Apr. 2020 (holo COL); same material, cultivated in the nursery of F.G. Gruber s.n. (as Tillandsia racinae), Bromelias de Colombia, Fusagasugá, Colombia (para WU № 0016084, https://wu.jacq.org/WU0016084)

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Distribution: Colombia: Cundinamarca

Habitat: Saxicolous on steep cliffs facing southwest, ca 1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: The new species is named after the wife of Franz Georg Gruber, Gloria Alvarez de Gruber (*1949) from La Palma, Prov. Cundinamarca, Colombia

Phenology: Tillandsia gloriae flowers in the natural habitat and in cultivation in Colombia in the month May to July (Figs. 3–4), and in cultivation in Central Europe from late January to April

Tillandsia gloriae