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Vriesea fontellana is a synonym of:

<- Stigmatodon fontellanus (Leme & G.K.Br.) Leme, G.K.Br. & Barfuss

Publ: Phytotaxa 279 (1): 57 (2016)

Type: Espirito Santo State, Laranja da Terra, ca. 1,000 m elev., Jul. 1985, E. Leme 692, R. Menescal, R. Bello & R. A. Kautsky; fl. cult. Dec. 1995 (holotype, HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espirito Santo,

Habitat: 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: Vriesea fontellana is named in honor of the botanist Dr. Jorge Fontella Pereira. Dr. Fontella had the position of Director of Herbarium Bradeanum, in Rio de Janeiro State, up to: 2003. He was responsible for the administrative reorganization of that institution, promoting favorable conditions for preserving its nearly 100,000 botanical samples

Stigmatodon fontellanus