Hylaeaicum eleutheropetalum, synonym Neoregelia eleutheropetala, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to tropical South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil).Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroSmith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part III. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(3): 1493–2142Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181 It was first described in 1907 by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule as Nidularium eleutheropetalum.
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