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Aechmea lanata (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer

(subgen. Streptocalyx)

Publ: Phytologia 72(2): 97 (1992)

Type: Mexico, Oaxaca, on rocks in a very windy area, near Tequisistlan, 2400 m [sic], I.IV.1957, M.B. Foster & O.C. Van Hyning 2934 (US ?). Neotipo, aqui designado: Oaxaca, municipio de Santiago Lachiguiri, ca. 2 km despues de Santiago Lachiguiri, rumbo a El Porvenir, 965 m, 2 mayo 2008, J. Ceja, A. Espejo, A. R Lopez-Ferrari, A. Mendoza-Ruiz, J. Garcia-Cruz y N. Martinez-Correa 1928 (Neotipo: UAMIZ 11 pliegos,Isoneotipo: IEB).

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Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca

Habitat: It grows on cliffs and slopes, forming more or less extensive colonies, in xerophytic thickets and deciduous tropical forests, 730-1350 m. Elev.

Aechmea lanata