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Vriesea punctatissima Leme & E.H. Souza

Publ: Phytotaxa 692(1): 48-50 fig. 21 A–J (2025)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia Camacã, Fazenda Serra Bonita, L.F.N. Carvalho 2386, fl. cult. July 2009, E. Leme 6144 (holotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: epiphyte in the canopy of submontane to montane Atlantic Forest, 350-1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is based on the Latin word “punctatus”, meaning “with spots”, with the ending “issumus” to express a superlative condition, as a direct reference to its prominently spotted leaf blades.

Vriesea punctatissima