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Dyckia hohenbergioides Leme & Esteves

Publ: J. Brom. Soc. 48(3): 124-126 (1998)

Type: Bahia State, road to Seabra, Eddie Esteves Pereira E-385, fl. cult. Aug. 1997, E. Leme 1959. (Holotype: HB. Isotype: RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Etymology: The name of this huge ornamental species is a clear reference to the general appearence of its inflorescence, which resembles, due to its unusual densely strobilate-digitate branches, a species of the bromelioid genus Hohenbergia.

Dyckia hohenbergioides