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Fernseea itatiaiae (Wawra) Baker

Publ: Handb. Bromel. 20 (1889)

Type: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, Jul 1879, Wawra II–442 (holotype: W [destroyed]; Neotype: [Ilustration in] Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. t.19. 1883 [Fig. 1], digital image available at Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg).

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Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo

Habitat: Terrestrial in campos de altitude, 1900 and 3000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the collection site of the type, the Itatiaia Plateau, at Serra da Mantiqueira.

Fernseea itatiaiae