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Tillandsia mecapacana Seringer, Barfuss & W.Till

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Die Bromelie 2023(1,2,3) : 78-90 (2023)

Type: BOLIVIA. Dpto. La Paz: Prov. Murillo, 2 km SE of Mecapaca, semi-arid scrub of Prosopis, Dodonea, Atriplex and Tecoma, alt. 3,000 m a.s.l., 16°40‘S, 68°01‘W, on rocky cliff, leg. 2 Juni 1981, J.C. Solomon 5893 (holo MO, iso SEL)

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Distribution: BOLIVIA; La Paz

Habitat: terrestrial in a low semi-arid shrubland, in clayey, interspersed with gravel and rocks of various sizes, 2800-3000 m. Elev.

Etymology: Since the name „boliviensis“ at the species level within the genus Tillandsia is already occupied by T. boliviensis Baker, the new species will be named after its type locality, Mecapaca, Prov. of Murillo, Dpto. of La Paz, Bolivia

Phenology: Tillandsia mecapacana was found in flower in August. The flowering period likely has a longer duration since, in cultivation, flowers continued to open, with interruptions, until January of the following year

Tillandsia mecapacana