Encyclopedia of Bromeliads

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Orthophytum piranianum Leme & C.C.Paula

(subgen. Clavanthus)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 58(3): 112-117 (2008)

Type: Brazil, State of Minas Gerais, Grão Mogol, Trilha do Barão toward the Pico do Pagão, terrestrial on sandy soil among quartzite outcrops of the Campos Rupestres, 16°33’18”S, 42°53’42”W, 919 m elev., 10 Aug. 2007, E. Leme 7189 & C. C. Paula. Holotype: HB. Isotype: RB.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: terrestrial on sandy to rocky soils or on accumulated organic material on sandstone outcrops of the “Campos Rupestres”, in full exposed areas or more often under the partial shade protection of shrubs, ca. 920 m. Elev.

Etymology: This new species honors the botanist JoséRubens Pirani from the Departamento de Botâica, Instituto de Biociêcias, Universidade de Sã Paulo, for his monumental botanical research on the Flora of Grã-Mogol, where this new species was discovered.