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Vriesea lilliputiana Leme |
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Distribution: BRAZIL. Bahia
Habitat: epiphyte in the understory of the wet Atlantic Forest, 700-1000 m. Elev. 
Etymology: The name of this species is based on the word “Lilliput”, a fictitious island populated by tiny people in the novel “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships”, better known simply as “Gulliver’s Travels” by Irish writer Jonathan Swift, being a reference to distinctly small stature of V. lilliputiana. Additional specimen examined (paratypes):––BRAZIL. Bahia: Ubaíra, ca. 3 km from the city, June 2001, S.Linhares s. n., fl. cult. E. Leme 5230 (HB!); Wenceslau Guimarães, May 2002, S.Linhares 1175, cult. E.Leme 5466 (HB!); Iguaí, near the border with Dário Meira, Serra dos Índios, headspring of Rio das Flores, property of Alfredo Pinheiro, 961 m elevation, 14º 32’ 27” S, 40º 05’ 48” W, 27 May 2007, E.Leme 7073, R.F.Reis Jr., J.C.M.Falcon, A.Soares, C.Rizerio & L.Grande (RB). Minas Gerais: near the border with Bahia, Santa Maria do Salto, Talismã, Alto Cariri State Park, Fazenda Flozino Teixeira, 910 m elevation, 16º 23.16’ S, 40º 02.24’ W, 24 March 2010, E.Leme 8221 & L.Kollmann (RB!).
