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Pitcairnia neillii Manzanares & Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 448-50 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Morona Santiago: Limon Indanza, Cordillera del Condor, Centro Shuar Warints, growing in dense mot of Sphagnun moss, in dwarf forest, 03°10'59"S 78017'57"W, 1800 m, 7 Oct. 2002, D. Neill & Shuar Conservation Interns 14106 (holotype: QCNE184070).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Morona-Santiago,

Habitat: Terrestrial in low montane rainforests., 1800 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of its discoverer, the Northamerican botanist David Neill (1953-), Curator at the Missouri Botanical Gardens (U.S.A.) and ex-director of the National Herbarium of Ecuador.

Pitcairnia neillii