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Aechmea marcpignalii Leme

(subgen. Aechmea)

Publ: Phytotaxa 692(1): 7-10 fig. 2 A–J (2025)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Itambé, Catolezinho, Duas Barras, Fazenda Santa Teresinha, 299 m elev., 15° 08’ 12.3” S, 40° 14’ 34” W, November 2010, R. Reis Jr. & M. Pignal s.n., cult. E. Leme 8460 (holotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: terrestrial forming large groups (or epiphyte) inside a deciduous forest in the Atlantic Forest biome, ca 300 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species honors one of its collectors, the French botanist and taxonomist Marc Pignal, Curator of the National Herbarium of the Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle of Paris, for his important contribution to the knowledge of Brazilian flora, mainly in Bahia state.

Aechmea marcpignalii