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Tillandsia zoquensis Ehlers

(section Tillandsia fasciculata complex)

Publ: Bromelie 1/2002: 18-22 (2002)

Type: Mexico, Chiapas, between Santiago Tuxtla and Chiquasen, 1000m alt. March 1982. R&K Ehlers EM82112 (holotype MEXU), in a similar area in 199? leg. G. Noller, flowered July 2001 in the collection of R. Ehlers.

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Distribution: MEXICO; Chiapas

Habitat: on trees, 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: Robert & Virginia suggested that the plant be named after the Zoque, the name of a native American tribe who had lived in the western part of Chiapas since the time of the conquest of Mexico.

Tillandsia zoquensis