Hohenbergia mutabilis Leme & L.Kollmann |
(subgen. Hohenbergia)Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 59(2): 56-61 (2009)
Distribution: BRAZIL; Espírito Santo
Habitat: epiphyte in the in Atlantic Forest of the tablelands so- called “Tabuleiro” forest, growing in the forest canopy about 20 m high above the ground, ca. 150 m. Elev.
Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to the mutant status of the shape and size of the fertile portion of the branches when comparing its short, ellipsoid-ovate, capitate shape in early anthesis with the elongate cylindrical shape in late anthesis.