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<- Neoregelia ilhana Leme
(subgen. Neoregelia)

Publ: Selbyana 30(2): 138-139, Fig. 6 (2010)

Type: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Maria Madalena, P. E. do Desengano, trilha para o Pico do Desengano, 21u53.479S, 41u54.749W, 1410 m, 6 Sep 2008, E. Leme 7581 & A. Ilha (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: epiphytically in montane to high-montane Atlantic forest, densely covering the lower portion of the tree trunks, ca. 1410 m. Elev.

Etymology: Neoregelia ilhana honors one of its collectors, the President of the Instituto Estadual de Florestas do Rio de Janeiro, Andre Ilha, who is well known by his long-term activism in nature conservation, as well as by his fine alpinist skills.

Neoregelia ilhana