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Tillandsia x baptistana Goncalves & Azevedo-Goncalves

Publ: Novon 19: 353–356 (2009)

Natural hybrid: Tillandsia mallemontii and Tillandsia recurvata

Type: Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul: Terra de Areia, epiphyte on a fallen branch near peat forest, 15 Dec. 1999 (fl., fr.), C. N. Goncalves & C. F. de Azevedo-Goncalves 244 (holotype, ICN 120.704 isotype, HAS).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio Grande do Sul,

Habitat: epiphytic on fig trees

Etymology: This taxon is named in honor of Luis Rios de Moura Baptista, an eminent botanist from Rio Grande do Sul.

Tillandsia x baptistana