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Billbergia dasilvae Leme

(subgen. Helicodea)

Publ: Harvard Pap. Bot. 4(1): 147-148. (1999)

Type: BRAZIL. Rondonia: Nova Floresta, Rio Mequens. afluente da margem direita do Rio Guapore, collected by J. B. Fernandes da Silva. flowered in cultivation December 1997, E. Leme 4047 (Holotype: HB). Fig. 9.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rondonia,

Etymology: Eponymy: I honor the collector of this new species, Joao Batista Fernandes da Silva, whose frequent expeditions to the furthermost sites in the northern parts of Brazil have revealed countless treasures in the Brazilian flora.

Billbergia dasilvae