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Tillandsia itaubensis T.Strehl

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Iheringia 54: 25-26 (2000)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul, Salto do Jacui, represa de Itauba. 4. VIII.1998.M. Rocha & T. Strehl 1172 (Holo.: HAS 36898).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio Grande do Sul

Habitat: it forms dense groups, on the rocky faces on the margins of the dam of Itauba with T. afonsoana.

Etymology: The name of the species makes reference the plant of Itauba, because it was found in the margin of the dam.

Phenology: it blooms between August and September.

Tillandsia itaubensis