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Pitcairnia mineira B.M.Carvalho & Forzza

Publ: Acta Botanica Brasilica 36: 2-7 fig. 1-3 (2022)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Botumirim, estrada para o Rio do Peixe, em frente à fazenda Botafogo (4 km do início da estrada), 16°53’12” S, 42°59’30” W, 785 m, 18/XI/2007, (fl., fr.), R.C. Forzza 4892, R. Mello-Silva, R.F. Monteiro & M.M. Saavedra (holotype: RB; isotypes: K, SPF, US)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: rheophyte on the bank of streams, in campos rupestres in the Cerrado domain., ca 785 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species was named Pitcairnia mineira because it was collected in the state of Minas Gerais, which is one of the main center of diversity and endemism of the Bromeliaceae, especially in the Espinhaço Range

Phenology: old flowers and fruits in November (flowered in cultivation in October)

Pitcairnia mineira