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Pitcairnia palaciosii Manzan. & W.Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 460-1 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Zamora Chinchipe: Nangaritza, Miazi, valley of the Nangaritza River, 04°18'S 78°40'W, 1200 m, W. Palacios 6716 (holotype: QCNE42965; isotype: MO n. v.), 10 Dec. 1990.

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Zamora-Chinchipe.

Habitat: Terrestrial in the lowland rainforests of Amazonia, 1200 , m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of its discoverer, the forestry engineer Walter A. Palacios (1959-), at the National Herbarium of Ecuador.

Pitcairnia palaciosii