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Neoregelia sanguinea Leme

(subgen. Neoregelia)

Publ: Selbyana 16(1): 115-117 (1995)

Type: Brazil: Espirito Santo State, Iuna, locality of Laranja da Terra, about 1,000 meters above sea level. Originally collected in July 20, 1987 by Roberto Kautsky 1013 and flowered in cultivation with E.M.C.Leme (no.1917), December 1993. (HB, holotype; SEL, isotype).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espirito Santo,

Habitat: 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new ornamental species is a reference to the intense dark red color of its central leaves at anthesis.

Neoregelia sanguinea