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Tillandsia ovatispicata Gouda

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Bromelie 2018(1): 19-23 (2018)

Type: Peru, Depto. Cajamarca, border area zu Depto. Lambayeque, 3000 m elevation; Leg.: R. Rawe s.n. cultivated at the University Utrecht Botanic Gardens with number 2010GR00439, flowered Feb. 2017 (holotype U, isotype USM).

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Distribution: Peru, Cajamarca

Habitat: ca 3000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet “ovatispicata” is a combination of “ovatus” (Lat. “egg-shaped”) and “spicatus” (Lat. “bearing spikes”), so it means “bearing ovate spikes”.

Tillandsia ovatispicata