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Vriesea chapadensis Leme

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Harvard Pap. Bot. 4(1): 157-159. (1999)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Chapada Diamantina, Andarai, old road Andarai to Mucuge, collected January 1983, flowered in cultivation November 1996, E. Leme, L. A. M. Silva, J. Kent & R. L. Frasier 495 (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: Saxicolous on the vegetation edge of the higher parts of the rocky, sunny hills, 960-1800 m. Elev.

Etymology: the name of this new species refers to its type locality, the Chapada Diamantina. Bahia.

Vriesea chapadensis