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Deuterocohnia abstrusa (A.Cast.) N.Schütz

Publ: Bromeliaceae 49(4): 28-30 (2015)

Type: Argentina: Prov. Catamarca: Dept. Andalgalá: Cuesta de la Chilca, Cumbre del Pucará, 12 Jul. 1929. Castellanos 29/60 [lectotype: BA! (2 sheets), photo ex BA in B!, K!, NY!, isolectotype: US, WU!]. − Abromeitiella lorentziana sensu Castellanos, Lilloa 10: 459. 1944. p. p.: Castellanos 29/60. − Abromeitiella lorentziana sensu Smith and Downs (1974), Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3): 244, 245. 1974. p. p.: Castellanos s.n., Castillon 6458, Castellanos 30/404, Jörgensen 1773, Castellanos 28/2296, Castellanos 28/2297, Christobal and Türpe 111 [LIL!] (Escalante and Agosti 87, Piccardo 30-A, Hunziker and Fulvio 19653 not seen).

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Distribution: BOLIVIA. Dept. Tarija. ARGENTINA

Habitat: Terrestrial, forming cushions on open, rocky slopes, abundant at its localities. Dry scrub vegetation, 1500–3200 m. Elev.

Etymology: Etymology. The etymology was not explained by Castellanos. It may refer to the concealed inflorescence or the ramification hidden within the cushions. (Latin abstrusus: hidden, concealed).

Deuterocohnia abstrusa