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Tillandsia lutheri (Manzanares & W.Till) J.R.Grant

Publ: Vidalia 2(2): 25 (2005)

Type: Ecuador: Prov. de Zamora-Chinchipe, Podocarpus National Park, epiphytic on tree in the Andean Forest, km 41.5 in the road Loja-Zamora, 03° 55' S, 79°11' W, 2690 m, Jose M. Manzanares, B. Girko, J Raack, E. Doherty & M Navarro 6340, 10 April 1997 (holotype QCNE).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Zamora-Chinchipe,

Habitat: epiphytic, 2690 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet name was chosen to honor Harry Luther, Curator of the Living Plant Collection and Director of the Mulford B. Foster Bromeliad Identification Center at The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota Florida.

Tillandsia lutheri