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Pitcairnia brackeana Manzan. & Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 391-2. (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Pichincha: road NonoTandayapa, km 15.8, 00°02'S 78°37'W, 1550 m, 8 Mar. 1997, J.M. Manzanares & P., N. & R. Manzanares 6254 (holotype: QCNE-153584; isotype: SEL).

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Distribution: ECUADOR;

Habitat: Terrestrial in low montane rainforests of the Coast., 1550-2300 m. Elev.

Etymology: Dedicated to Karine Bracke (1958-), the wife of Jose M. Manzanares, from Lochristi, Belgium.

Pitcairnia brackeana