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Alcantarea distractila Leme & Paula

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 58(1): 5-8 (2008)

Type: Brazil: Minas Gerais, Ouro Verde de Minas, along the road to Itambacuri, ca. 300 m elev, 29 Sept. 2002, E. Leme 5601, C. C. Paula & M. Grossi (Holotype, HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: rupicolous on almost vertical cliffs, forming large populations, ca. 300 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific name of A. distractila refers to branches well apart from each other and so distinctly separated, on the basis of the Latin word "distractilis".

Alcantarea distractila