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Vriesea pulchra Leme & L.Kollmann

Publ: Phytotaxa 16: 29-30 (2011)

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Santa Tereza, Nova Lombardia, propriedade de J.V. Furlani, 895 m, 12 March 2008, Kollmann 11976, fl. cult. Leme 7291 (holotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Espírito Santo

Habitat: epiphyte in the understory of the Atlantic Forest, ca. 900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The delicate grace of this new species inspired the epithet of this species, the Latin word “pulcher”, meaning “beautiful”.

Vriesea pulchra