Tillandsia oaxacana L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. MacDougall s n (holotype US), Lachatao, Oaxaca, Mexico, 21 Dec 1947.
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Description
Description - Plant stemless. Leaves numerous, 2 dm long, very densely appressed-lepidote; sheaths distinct, broadly elliptic, dark castaneous; blades narrowly triangular, 15-25 mm wide, cinereous-lepidote. Scape short, decurved, hidden by the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, subfoliaceous but the bases roseate. Inflorescence simple with the flowers in several ranks, subcylindric, 12 cm long. Bracts imbricate, exceeding the sepals, elliptic, subpapyraceous, roseate, densely cinereous-lepidote, the lowest with long foliaceous blades. Sepals free, elliptic, 25 mm long, thin, densely lepidote; petals erect, 5 cm long, violet; stamens exserted.
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Distribution
Epiphytic in Abies and Pinus woods, 2650-3100 m alt., south central Mexico.
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