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Aechmea kentii (H.Luther) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer

(subgen. Streptocalyx)

Publ: Phytologia 72(2): 97 (1992)

Type: J. Kent legit. fl. in cultivation Aug. 1990, J. Kent s.n. (SEL, holotype; QCA, isotype).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Morona-Santiago,

Habitat: 400 m. Elev.

Etymology: Streptocalyx kentii is named for the collector, Jeffrey Kent of Vista, California, who has introduced many Ecuadorean bromeliads to horticulture.

Aechmea kentii