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Hohenbergia viridorubra Leme

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 62(6): 305-309 “2012” (2013)

Type: Brazil, Bahia, Santa Teresinha, Pedra Branca, S. Linhares s.n., Oct. 2003, fl. cult. Febr. 2013, E. Leme 6087. Holotype: RB. Isotype: HB.

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Distribution: Brazil, Bahia

Habitat: a terrestrial species from the comparatively drier transitional vegetation of deciduous Atlantic Forest

Etymology: The epithet of this new species is a reference to color contrast of the green floral bracts and sepals with the red axis of the inflorescence and the peduncles and rachis of the branches.

Hohenbergia viridorubra