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Tillandsia afonsoana T.Strehl

(subgen. Aerobia)

Publ: Iheringia 54: 23-24 (2000)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul. Salto do Jacui, repressa de Itauba. 4. VIII. 1998. T. Strehl 499 (Holotypus: HAS 36901);

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Distribution: BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul

Habitat: fastened to perpendicular rocky faces on the margin of the dam of Itauba, with dyckias and cactus.

Etymology: the name honors Prof. Dr. Afonso Strehl, great enthusiast and collaborator in the cultivation of the bromelias.

Phenology: it blooms between August and September.

Tillandsia afonsoana