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Tillandsia leucopetala H.Büneker

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Phytotaxa 202(2): 144 (2015)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul: Santiago, saxícola no Perau do Macaco Branco, em escarpa rochosa às margens do rio Jaguarizinho, ocorrendo junto a Eriocactus claviceps e Dyckia sp., 277 m elevation, 4 July 2013, H.M. Büneker 249, R.C. Pontes & L. Witeck (holotype HDCF; isotype US, RB, SMDB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul

Habitat: growing saxicolous on a single steep rock

Etymology: The specific epithet of the new species refers to the white color of its petals (leucos = white, petala = petal).

Tillandsia leucopetala