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Alcantarea forzzae Versieux

Publ: Alcantarea: giant bromeliads from Brazil 197-199 fig. 31, pl. 40e, map 7 (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Mu­tum, Imbiruçú. Estrada de Imbiruçú para BR-262, Pedra Santa, 09 Feb 2011, R. C. Forzza et al. 6073 (holotype: RB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: rupicolous heliophyte, ca 1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the botanist Dra. Rafaela Campostrini Forzza (RB), collector of the type specimen, who is a specialist in Bromeliaceae and has greatly contributed to our knowledge of the Brazilian Flora, as well as about inselberg bromeliads

Phenology: Collected with fruits in February.

Alcantarea forzzae