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Aechmea glandulosa Leme

(subgen. Lamprococcus)

Publ: Harvard Pap. Bot. 4(1): 144-145. (1999)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Wenceslau Guimaraes, Ecological Station of Nova Esperanca, originally collectcd 25 July 1998. flowered in cultivation October 1998, E. Leme & R. Alves 4380 (Holotype: HB; Isotype: CEPEC).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: terrestrial habit on the shaded hillside of the forest, 800 m. Elev.

Etymology: from the Latin glandulosus, glandulose, referring to the unusual white pilose-glandulose inflorescence at anthesis.

Aechmea glandulosa