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Vriesea gelatinosa R.Moura & A.F.Costa

Publ: Systematic Botany 39(3): 797-798 (2014)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Rio de Contas, Parque Municipal Natural da Serra das Almas, subida para o Pico das Almas, 26 Nov 2008, fl., R. L. Moura 947 et A. Oliveira (holotype: R).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: epiphytic and rupicolous in open vegetation of campo rupestre, 1800-1900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet is from latin gelatinosus (having texture and appearance of jelly); a reference to the substance covering the inflorescence.

Phenology: This species has been collected with flowers in September and November, and fruit in April and November.

Vriesea gelatinosa