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Alcantarea glaucifolia Leme & L.Kollmann

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 65(3): 156-165 (Figs. 1–10) (2016)

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Afonso Claudio, road Garrafão to Vila Pontões, 872 m elevation, 20º 11.15’ S, 41º 01.59’ W, 25 April 2009, E.Leme 7799, L. Kollmann, A.P. Fontana & C. Esgario (holotype RB, isotype MBML).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo

Habitat: ca. 872 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to its distinctive bluish-green leaves, based on the Greek word “glaukós” plus “folium”, meaning respectively bluish-green and leaf.

Alcantarea glaucifolia