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Tillandsia freirei Manzan. & W. Till

(species )

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 75(1): 37-40 fig. 3,4 (2025)

Type: Ecuador. Province of Azuay, road Girón-Pasaje, close to River Jubones, 03º15’S 79º29’W, 1720 m, 22 Nov. 2005, J. M. Manzanares, E. Gouda & H. Takizawa 7827 (holotype: QCNE; isotype: U, WU)

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Distribution: Ecuador: Azuay

Habitat: saxicolous in river canyons of the Western Andean Slopes, ca. 1720 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of the Ecuadorian biologist Efrain Freire. Born in Ambato, province of Tungurahua, on January 10, 1964.

Phenology: Tillandsia freirei was found flowering in November. The flowering period is likely to extend over a longer period

Tillandsia freirei