Bromeliad Cultivar Register (10348) 2011-01-06

*xHOHENMEA ‘NOTES’*
XHohenmea (Hohenbergia x Aechmea) Sousa, Silva, & Sousa, J. Brom. Soc. 53(2): 71. 2003 Parent genera: Hohenbergia Schult. and Schult.f. in Roem. and Schult., Syst. veg. 7(2): lxxi, 1251. Oct-Dec 1830 and Aechmea Ruiz and Pav., Fl. peruv. prodr.: 47. Oct 1794 XHohenmea itaipuana B.R. Silva & L.F: Sousa, Journ. Brom. Soc. 53(2) 71-7. 2003 TYPE: Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Niteroi, Itaipu, Serra da Tiririca State Park, Morro das Andorinhas, 11 Nov. 2000, Leandro Sousa 347, Bruno Rezende Silva 397 & Jeanii Coutinho. (Holotype, HB; Isotype, FFP). Hibrida inter Aechmea ramosa Mart. & Schult. f. et Hohenbergia augustae (Velloso) E. Morren. characteribus vegetativis et floralibus admodum variabilibus inter manifestis parentibus. This entry compiled 12/2010 by D. Butcher.