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Tillandsia x maya I.Ramırez & Carnevali

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Novon 13(2): 13 (2003)

Natural hybrid: Tillandsia balbisiana and Tillandsia brachycaulos

Type: Mexico. Yucatan: Municipio Merida, Parque Nacional de Dzibilchaltun, vegetacion de selva baja caducifolia, aprox. 89°35'49"W, 21°5'44"N, ago. 2001, L Ramirez, G. Carnevali, F. Chi-May & U. Gonzalez 929 (holotype, CICY).

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Distribution: MEXICO; Yucatan,

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the Maya, the first people to inhabit the area where the plants of this new taxon were collected.

Tillandsia x maya