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Hohenbergia mutabilis Leme & L.Kollmann

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 59(2): 56-61 (2009)

Type: Brazil. Espírito Santo, Pinheiros, Biological Reserve of Córrego do Veado, 18o22’14,1” S, 40o08’28,6” W, ca. 150 m elev., 30 Jun. 2008, L. Kollmann 11040 & L. Magnago. Holotype: MBML. Isotypes: HB.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Espírito Santo

Habitat: epiphyte in the in Atlantic Forest of the tablelands so- called “Tabuleiro” forest, growing in the forest canopy about 20 m high above the ground, ca. 150 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to the mutant status of the shape and size of the fertile portion of the branches when comparing its short, ellipsoid-ovate, capitate shape in early anthesis with the elongate cylindrical shape in late anthesis.

Hohenbergia mutabilis