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Pitcairnia cataractae Manzan. & W.Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 482-4 (2005)

Type: Ecuador. Zamora Chinchipe: near a waterfall in a canyon of the Nangaritza River, 04°18'S, 78°39'W, 825 m, 9 June 1999, J. M. Manzanares, B. Girko & E. Cueva 6942 [flowered in cultivation 29 Jan. 2000] (holotype, QCNE158080).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Zamora-Chinchipe,

Habitat: Lithophytic and terrestrial near waterfalls, in low montane rainforests, 825-900 m. Elev.

Etymology: Referring to its habitat, near waterfalls.

Pitcairnia cataractae