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Guzmania leonard-kentiana H.Luther & K.Norton

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 59(3): 102-103 (2009)

Type: Peru: San Martin, vic. Yurayacu, 1200 m., J. Kent legit. Flowered in cultivation SEL 2008–04, 3 Feb. 2008, H.E. Luther s.n. (Holotype: SEL).

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Distribution: PERU; San Martin

Habitat: 1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: At the request of the collector, we name this new species in honor of his father, the late Dr. Leonard Kent, founder of the Kents Bromeliads Nursery, Inc. in Southern California.

Guzmania leonard-kentiana