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Pitcairnia diversifolia Leme & A.P.Fontana

Publ: Systematic Botany 35(3): 487-496 (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. Espirito Santo: Afonso Claudio, Serra Pelada, Pedra dos Tres Pontoes, 20°04'34.2"S, 41°02'13.6”W, 1,078 m elev., 22 Nov 2008 A. P. Fontana 5704, F. Morales & M. Demuner (holotype: MBML; isotype : RB ).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Espirito Santo:

Habitat:

Etymology: Etymology- The name is a reference to its dimorphic leaves, some with the blades reduced, narrowly subtriangular-attenuate with marginal spines, and the others much larger, with linear blades and entire margins for most of their length (Fig. 1E).

Phenology: It flowers from November to January.

Pitcairnia diversifolia