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Neoregelia petropolitana Leme

(subgen. Neoregelia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 45(5): 199-201 (1995)

Type: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, Rocio, about 1000 m s.m., Oct. 1986; flowered in cultivation Feb. 1995, E.M. C. Leme 1002 (holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro,

Habitat: 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: named in reference to the county of Petropolis,

Neoregelia petropolitana