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Tillandsia chicoasena H. Hrom. & L. Hrom.

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Bromelie 2023(1-3): 114-119 figs. 1-6,9,11 (2023)

Type: MEXICO. Estado of Chiapas: Municipio of Chicoasén, 10–15 km west of the town of Chicoasén, a small rock formation on a wooded hillside on the northern bank of the Río Grijalva, above 200 m a.s.l., leg. 18 July 1988, H. & L. Hromadnik HR 14212, ex cult. Coll. Hromadnik, August 2000 (holo WU: 0009784, https://wu.jacq.org/WU0009784)

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Distribution: MEXICO: Chiapas

Habitat: saxicolous on rock formation on the slope of a low forested mountain, 200-300 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is derived from the nearest place, the town of Chicoasén in the municipality of the same name north of the Río Grijalva.

Tillandsia chicoasena