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Viridantha lepidosepala is a synonym of:

<- Tillandsia lepidosepala L.B.Sm.
(subgen. Viridantha)

Publ: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 70(5): 155 pl. 2 figs. 2, 3 (1935)

Type: Mexico, Michoacan, Lake Cuitzco, 1892, Pringle 5323 (holo GH).

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Distribution: MEXICO; Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro, Zacatecas

Habitat: grows almost always as an epiphyte, usually in large groups, 1900-2500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name refers to the scales on the sepals.

Tillandsia lepidosepala
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