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Neoregelia ruschii Leme & B.R.Silva

(subgen. Neoregelia)

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(3): 147 (2001)

Type: Brazil. Espirito Santo State, Santa Teresa, Reserva Biologica de Santa Lucia, way from Mata de Areia to Ruschi Memorial, 27 Apr. 2000, leg. E. Leme 4896, B. R. Silva, C. Nicoletti, M. Zonnoni, E. Colnago & K. Green, fl. cult. Dec. 2000. Holotype: HB. Isotype: MBML. Paratype: E. Leme 4894, B. R. Silva 309, C. Nicoletti, M. Zannoni, E. Colnago & K. Green, fl. cult. Nov. 2000 (HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espirito Santo,

Etymology: This new species is named after the past naturalist and hummingbird specialist Augusto Ruschi, responsible for the creation of the Santa Lucia Ecological Reserve, where N. ruschii was found, and for the organization of the Museu Mello Leitao situated at Santa Teresa County.

Neoregelia ruschii