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Pitcairnia robert-downsii González-Rocha, Espejo, López-Ferr. & M. Castillo

Publ: Phytotaxa 351 (3): 224-226 (Figs. 4A‒D). (2018)

Type: MEXICO. Durango: Municipio de Pueblo Nuevo, carretera libre El Salto-Mazatlán, 4 km antes de llegar al Espinazo del Diablo viniendo de El Salto, 0.4 km al NW de Los Bancos, 2500 m, taludes rocosos con bosque de pino-encino, 23° 39’ 09’’ N; 105° 44’ 19.6’’ W, May 29, 2016 (fl), L.J. Hernández-Barón, A. Espejo-Serna, A.R. López- Ferrari y R. Cerros-Tlatilpa 183 (holotype: UAMIZ!, isotypes: CIIDIR!, MEXU!).

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Habitat: It grows on cliffs or rocky slopes in pine-oak forests, 1900-2500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the American botanist Robert Jack Downs (1923-2015), who, in collaboration with Lyman B. Smith, published the monograph of the Bromeliaceae for the Flora Neotropica. For his essential contribution to the studies in Bromeliaceae.

Phenology: It flowers from May to July

Pitcairnia robert-downsii