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Vriesea revoluta B.R.Silva

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 55(2): 80 (2005)

Type: Brazil. Espirito Santo: field collected in Domingos Martins, Reserva de propriedade de Roberto Kautsky, epifita, ca. 800 m, Feb. 1986, by R. Kautsky & E. Leme 837, and flowered in cultivation at the Refugio dos Gravatas, Oct.-Nov. 2001, B.R. Silva s. n. (Holotype: RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espirito Santo,

Habitat: epiphyte, 800 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the revolute character of the upper third of the foliar blades.

Vriesea revoluta