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Pitcairnia beachiae Utley & Burt-Utley

(subgen. Pepinia)

Publ: Ann Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 266-7 (1991)

Type: Costa Rica. Puntarenas: Valle de General, 300 m, collected 12 May 1974, flowered in cultivation April 1984, Beach 74-25 (holotype, US; isotypes, CR, F, MO).

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Distribution: COSTA RICA; Puntarenas,

Habitat: 300 m. Elev.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Eloise Beach of Orlando, Florida. In addition to collecting this species for the first time, Eloise's unstinting studies of the Bromeliaceae have added considerably to our horticultural and botanical knowledge of the family.

Pitcairnia beachiae