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Vriesea medusa Versieux

Publ: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 713 (2008)

Type: L. M. Versieux, A. M. Calvente & R. B. Louzada 330, Parque Estadual do Pico do Itambé, Santo Antônio do Itambé, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 11.x.2006 (holotype SP; isotype BHCB, R).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Etymology: The specific epithet was chosen because of the form of the flowering branches, which are curved and have densely imbricate, green to purplish-brown lustrous bracts resembling serpents or the ‘hair’ of Medusa, the mythological Greek character.

Vriesea medusa