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Billbergia elegans is a synonym of:

Billbergia speciosa Thunb. in part

(subgen. Billbergia)

Publ: Pl. Bras. 3: 30 pl. (1821)

Type: Martius s n (holotype, M ? n v; isotype B, photo F 18766), Pico de Itacolomi near Villa Rica (Ouro Preto), Minas Gerais, Brazil, Mar 1818.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: Epiphytic, terrestrial and saxicolous,, to 1240 alt, m. Elev.

Billbergia speciosa