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Pitcairnia deroosei Manzan. & Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 466-7 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Carchi: path from La Esperanza to the Tigre River, 00°57'00"N 78°12'47"W, 1161 m, 13 Mar. 2000, J M. Manzanares, L. Pieters, P. Manzanares & J. Vega 6974 (holotype: QCNE-149797; isotypes: MO, WU).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Carchi,

Habitat: Terrestrial in low montane forests of the Coast., 1161 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of Reginald Deroose, from Evergem, Belgium, bromeliad grower and hybridist, who introduced me to this new species of Pitcairnia for the first time.

Pitcairnia deroosei