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Pitcairnia pungens forma alba Manzanares & Till

(species pungens)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 503 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Pichincha, Mount Pichincha, 3000 m, A. Mille s. n. (holotype: QPLS).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Pichincha,

Habitat: Terrestrial in desert and semi-desert interAndean areas.

Etymology: A white flowering form of P. pungens. The typical variety has red flowers.

Pitcairnia pungens forma alba