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Dyckia inflexifolia E.A.E.Guarçoni & M.A.Sartori

Publ: Ann. Bot. Fennici 49(5-6): 407-411 (Figs. 1–3) (2012)

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais, Sêrro, Ceu Aberto Farm, 18°32'41"S, 43°23'07"W, Ferruginous “campos rupestres”, 1133 m, 16 June 2007, flor. cult. 30 July 2010, E. Guarçoni 1474 & M. A. Sartori (holotype VIC; isotype R).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais

Habitat: rupicolous in the igneous rocky soil vegetation, ca. 1100 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the leaf apex which is inflexed in the young leaves (Fig. 2).

Phenology: Dyckia inflexifolia flowers in June–August. In cultivation at the Bromeliaceae Research and Conservation Unit (UPCB-UFV), the trochilid.

Dyckia inflexifolia