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Hohenbergia isepponae R.Oliveira & Wand.

Publ: Phytotaxa 302(3): 286-288 (fig. 1) (2017)

Type: Brazil. Pernambuco: Vicência, Serra do Jundiá, reminiscent of Atlantic Forest on the top of the hill, 7° 37’ 19,11” S, 35° 19’ 41,58” W, elev. 700 m s.m, 21 February 2014, Rodrigo Oliveira 50 & Mendes-Silva, H. M. Holotype SP!.

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Distribution: Brazil. Pernambuco

Habitat: epiphyte in the surrounding of a submontane Atlantic Forest remnant, ca 700 m. Elev.

Etymology: H. isepponae is named after the Brazilian researcher and geneticist Professor Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, in honor of her extensive work to enhance the knowledge about cytogenetics and evolution of Bromeliaceae.

Hohenbergia isepponae