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Orthophytum eddie-estevesii Leme

(subgen. Clavanthus)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 50(2): 55-57 (2000)

Type: Brazil. MINAS GERAIS: Monte Azul, August 1999, Eddie Esteves Pereira 499 legit, fl. Cult. Sept. 1999, E. Leme 4693. (Holotype: HB. Isotype UFG)

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: grasslands on rocky soils (campos rupestres), 1,300 m. Elev.

Etymology: a tribute to its collector, Eddie Esteves Pereira, from Goiania, Goias State in Brazil

Orthophytum eddie-estevesii