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Hohenbergia sandrae Leme

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 53: 173 (2003)

Type: Brazil. Bahla: Maracas, field collected Feb. 1997 by S. Linhares s.n. and flowered in cultivation Dec. 2001, E. Leme 3786(Holotype: HB; Isotype: CEPEC).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: heliophyte which was found growing terrestrially in thorn scrub (caatinga vegetation) in the region of Maracas

Etymology: Hohenbergia sandrae honors the bromeliad collector from Salvador, Bahia, Sandra Linhares. She has contributed a great deal of botanical material for cultivation, which is bringing to light many new taxa of Brazilian

Hohenbergia sandrae