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Hohenbergia lemei H.H.Luther & K.Norton

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: Vidalia Vidalia 2(2): 37-40 (2005)

Type: Brazil, State of Bahia, Una-Itamaraju, epiphyte on shade trees in cacao plantation, Dec. 1996, H. Luther, D. Benzing, E. Leme & P. Nahoum 3092, flowered in cultivation, SEL 1996-587, 1 Sept. 2004, H Luther s. n. (Holotype, HB; Isotype, SEL).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: epiphyte on shade trees in cacao plantation

Etymology: This beautiful and interesting species is dedicated to our friend and colleague Elton M. C. Leme, foremost among Brazilian students of Bromeliaceae.

Hohenbergia lemei