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Pitcairnia funkiae M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm.

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 41(5): 214-215 (1991)

Type: Costa Rica. Alajuela Province: northeast side of Volcan Arenal on the Rio Tabacon flow, growing in dwarf forest on approximately 500-year old block lava flow with individual lava blocks still intact, 8 May 1987, V. Funk 10189. Holotype, CR; isotype US).

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Distribution: COSTA RICA; Alajuela,

Habitat: 650 m. Elev.

Etymology: This new species is named in honor of the collector, Dr. Vicki A. Funk, Curator of Botany, Smithsonian Institution.

Pitcairnia funkiae