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Vriesea saxicola L.B.Sm.

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Phytologia 16(2): 83 pl.2, fig. 14, 15 (1968)

Type: Brazil, Minas Gerais, near São João Del Rey, Serra do Lenheiro, ca. 900 m elev., 27 Dec. 1895, Schwacke 12086. Holotype: RB. Isotype: US.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Santa Catarina, Parana, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais,

Habitat: Grows saxicolous in Campos Rupestres vegetation, in the domain of the Cerrado, usually in sites more or less protected from the direct sun light, like near shrubby vegetation or close to the protection of the natural, very irregular rock sculptures of the terrain., 900-1350 m. Elev.

Vriesea saxicola