Neoregelia oligantha L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Foster 742 (holotype GH, isotype US), Ipatinga on the Rio Doce, Parque Nacional, Mun. Antonio Dias, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 26 Jul 1940.
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Description
Description - Plant propagating by short ascending stolons. Leaves few, 26 cm long, covered on both sides with pale coarse appressed scales but becoming glabrous above in extreme age; sheaths broadly elliptic, 10 cm long; blades ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 23 mm wide, laxly serrulate with strongly uncinate teeth about 1 mm long. Scape very short. Inflorescence few-flowered, about 2 cm in diameter; pedicels slender, 12 mm long. Sepals slightly asymmetric, lanceolate, acute, 23 mm long, connate for 1.5 mm; ovary ellipsoid, 8 mm long.
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Distribution
Known from the type collection only.
Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America|