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Aechmea winkleri Reitz

(subgen. Ortgiesia)

Publ: Sellowia 26: 63 pl. 1 (1975)

Type: S. Winkler 21 (holotype, HBR), epiphytic, ca 6 km from Santa Cruz do Sul on the road to Monte Negro and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1974, flowered RB 9 Apr 1975.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio Grande do Sul,

Habitat: epiphyte

Etymology: Named after ecologist and collector Sieghard Winkler

Aechmea winkleri