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Aechmea marginalis Leme & J.A.Siqueira

(subgen. Aechmea)

Publ: Selbyana 22(2): 149. (2001)

Type: Brazil. Alagoas: Ibateguara, in Atlantic forest, Feb. 2001, J.S. de Medeiros Jr. & Artur Frassy s.n. (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Alagoas,

Habitat: in Atlantic forest

Etymology: This new species belongs to the so-called "southern Bahia complex" of Aechmea, made up of A. echinata (Leme) Leme, A. weberi (E. Pereira & Leme) Leme, A. paradoxa (Leme) Leme, and A. mollis L. B. Sm. (Leme 1997), forming an important conceptual bridge between Aechmea and Canistrum subgen. Canistrum, which explains the chosen name A. marginalis.

Aechmea marginalis