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Hepetis sprucei is a synonym of:

Pitcairnia sprucei Baker

(subgen. Pepinia)

Publ: J. Bot. 19: 303 (1881)

Type: Spruce 1653 (holotype, K; photo, GH; isotype, BR), sandy banks of forest stream, near Barra (Manaus), Amazonas, Brazil, July 1851.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Amazonas,COLOMBIA; FRENCH GUIANA: PERU;

Habitat: Terrestrial in rainforest,, 250-700 m. Elev.

Pitcairnia sprucei