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Nidularium rubens Mez

Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 1) 3(3): 220 (1891)

Type: Rio de Janeiro, near boundary of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, Serra do Picu, Sept. 1881, A. Glaziou 13248. Holotype: B. Isotype: P, n.v. (photo HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Sao Paulo,

Habitat: to over 1,000 m. Elev.

Etymology: Mez took the name of this species from the Latin rubens meaning "red" or "reddish", based on the purplish-red color of the adaxial leaf surface ["foliis subtus omnino pulcherrime purpureo-sanguineis (...)"].

Nidularium rubens