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Pitcairnia ripicola Gouda & Manzanar.

Publ: Phytotaxa 675(2): 117-121 fig. 2-4 (2024)

Type: Ecuador: Prov. Morona-santiago, Limón Indanza, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Centro Shuar Kuankus, Río Coangos, at river crossing, below suspension footbridge, 310 m. elev., 20-9-2005. David Neill 14668 (Holotype: QCNE; Isotypes: F, NY)

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Distribution: PANAMA: Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Veraguas, Coclé. ECUADOR: Napo, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe. PERU: Amazonas, Loreto, Ucayali

Habitat: often along riverbanks in primary forest or low mountain forest. It forms clusters of many stems., 120–1350 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet ‘ripicola’ refers to the riparian (ripicolous) growth of the species, often growing along riverbanks or areas that get flooded regularly

Pitcairnia ripicola