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Hepetis echinata is a synonym of:

Pitcairnia echinata var. echinata Hook.

(species echinata)

Publ: Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4709 (1853)

Type: Kew Hortus s n (holotype, K; photo, GH), cultivated, supposedly from Mexico, but not likely.

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Distribution: COLOMBIA; VENEZUELA;

Habitat: Terrestrial and saxicolous in open situations,, 200-1300 m. Elev.

Pitcairnia echinata var. echinata