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Tillandsia anatuitoensis A.Vázquez & Padilla-Lepe

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Bol. Nakari 36(1): 20-21 fig. 5-7 (2025)

Type: MÉXICO: Jalisco, Municipio Cabo Corrientes, Ixtlahuahuey, 773 m, bosque de pino-encino, 12 November 2022 (fl), J. Antonio Vázquez-García 10231, con Ana T. Nuño-Rubio, Jesús Padilla-Lepe, A. Quetzalcóatl Vázquez-González & Marta E. González-Villegas, Alberto García (Holotype IBUG, isotypes CIDIIR, ENCB, MEXU, XAL, ZEA)

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Distribution: MÉXICO: Jalisco

Habitat: epiphyte in lowland oak to subtropical forest on the Pacific coast, 390-1640 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species honors Ana Teresa Nuño Rubio, an enthusiastic botanical explorer, and to El Tuito region. The Tuito word is a degeneration of the word Teotl=god, Tiul=Tuitlán: place of the God or divine place or place of beauty. An area of high biodiversity and endemism in western Mexico.

Tillandsia anatuitoensis