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Orthophytum schulzianum Leme & M.Machado

(subgen. Clavanthus)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 55(4): 175-178 (2005)

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: field collected by M. Machado & R. Schulz s. n. at Diamantina, 8 km on the road to Conselheiro Mata, ca. 1260 m elev., on rock outcrops, 18°18'S, 43°43'W, Aug. 2003 and flowered in cultivation Nov. 2003, E. Leme 5881 (holotype, HB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL;. Minas Gerais,

Habitat: on rock outcrops, ca. 1260 m. Elev.

Etymology: This new species is named for Rudolf Schulz, of Teesdale, Australia, who found the plant

Orthophytum schulzianum