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Nidularium antoineanum Wawra

Publ: Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 30: 113 (1880)

Type: Plate 35-C in Wawra, Itin.Princ. S. Coburgi. 1883 (Lectotype here designated)

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo

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Etymology: Nidularium antoineanum was named in honor of botanist Franz Antoine, a contemporary of Heinrich Wawra, author of several important publications on the Bromeliaceae, one of which was "Phyto-Iconographie der Bromeliaceen des Kaiserlichen Koniglichen Hofburg-Gartens in Wien", published in 1894.

Phenology: It flowers beginning in February and continuing on at least until May.

Nidularium antoineanum