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Tillandsia bernalensis Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo, López-Ferr. & L. Hern.

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Phytotaxa 583(1): 92-96 fig. 1-3 (2023)

Type: MÉXICO. Querétaro: municipio de Ezequiel Montes. Acantilados de la Peña de Bernal (20°44’53.88”N, 99°56’43.10”W), 2,265 m, March 3, 2022, R. Hernández-Cárdenas 2607 (holotype UAMIZ!, isotype MEXU!)

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Distribution: Mexico: Querétaro

Habitat: saxicolous on vertical rock walls, 2250-2290 m. Elev.

Etymology: Specific epithet refers to the porphyritic monolith Peña de Bernal, on whose cliffs the new species grows

Tillandsia bernalensis