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Vriesea nanuzae Leme

(section Xiphion)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 47: 172-5 (1997)

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Diamantina, Br 259, ca. 1,350 meters alt., 21 Nov. 1992, E. Leme 1820, P. Nahoum & L.C. Marigo. (Holotype, HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: grow in grasslands on rocky soils ("campos rupestres"), ca. 1350 m. Elev.

Etymology: This striking red-colored (when in habitat) new species honors the Brazilian botanist Dr. Nanuza Luiza de Menezes, from the University of Sao Paulo, whose expertise on the family Velloziaceae and on the "rupestral fields" is recognized worldwide.

Vriesea nanuzae