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Aechmea baudoensis Aguirre-Santoro & Betancur

(subgen. Podaechmea)

Publ: Brittonia 63(2): 300–302 (Fig. 1) (2011)

Type: Colombia. Chocó: Mpio. Alto Baudó (Pie de Pató), estribaciones de la Serranía del Baudó, trocha al río Pató, 22 Oct 1985, J. Espina, F.García&L. A. Lemus 1751 (holotipo: CHOCO).

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Distribution: COLOMBIA; Chocó

Habitat: in forests at low altitude in the central rainforest

Etymology: The species name refers to the locality in which the type specimen was collected, which is part of the basin of the Baudo River in the foothills of the Sierras that bears the same name.

Aechmea baudoensis