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Neoregelia insulana Leme

(subgen. Neoregelia)

Publ: Phytotaxa 108 (1): 28-30. (Figs. 17 A–D, 19 A–F) (2013)

Type: BRAZIL. São Paulo: Bertioga, Ilha de Alcatrazes, 16 m elevation, 24º 05’ 36” S 45º 41’ 31” W, January 2009, C. Peres s. n. (holotype RB!, isotype HB!).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: São Paulo

Habitat: rupicolous species, forming large and dense group of plants on the granitic rocks on the island, at the exposed border of the Atlantic Forest vegetation, under full sunlight, few meters above the higher tide, ca 0 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of N. insulana (growing on an island) is a reference to its known endemic habitat limited to the oceanic island of Alcatrazes, at the coast of São Paulo state.

Neoregelia insulana