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Aechmea bocainensis Pereira & Leme

(subgen. Pothuava)

Publ: Revista Biol. (Lisbon) 45: 634-635 (1985)

Type: Gurken 9, Parati, Serra da Bocaina near Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, l2.ii 1976, flowering in cultivation 10.viii.1980 (HB holotype; RB photo)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, ( the locality in Serra da Bocaina between Parati (Rio de Janeiro) and Cunha (Sao Paulo) and from Campos do Jordao

Habitat: rupicolous or epiphytic in the Atlantic rain forest, ca. 1100-1300 m. Elev.

Etymology: A. bocainensis is known from the the locality in Serra da Bocaina

Aechmea bocainensis