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Wittrockia tenuisepala (Leme) Leme

Publ: Canistrum - Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest 65 (1997)

Type: Minas Gerais, Manhumirim, A. Seidel 1099 (= 1133); fl. cult. Dec. 1989. Holotype: HE. Isotype: RE. Clonotype: HE, SEL.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Etymology: The name of this species comes from the Latin words tenuis, meaning slender or delicate, plus sepalum (= sepal), referring to the slenderly attenuate-caudate apex of the sepals.

Wittrockia tenuisepala