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Vriesea hodgei L.B.Sm.

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Caldasia 5(21): 14 (1948)

Type: COLOMBIA. Antioquia: epiphytic, summer-flowering evergreen woods, near Porcesito, Valley of Rio Medellin, ca. 1,100 m elev., 19 May 1946, Hodge 6867 (holotype GH, isotype US)

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Distribution: Colombia: Antioquia

Habitat: epiphyte, ca 1100 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet “hodgei” refers to the collector of the type, Walter H. Hodge (1912–2013)

Vriesea hodgei