Guzmania nangaritzae H. Luther & K. Norton, sp. nov.

A G. madisonii H. Luther et G. condorensis H. Luther cui affinis sed pedunculis longioribus et bracteis florigeris minoribus differt.

HOLOTYPE: Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, along the Rio Nangaritza, ca. 1000 m elev., J. Kent legit, flowered in cultivation SEL 2007-43, 22 Jan 2009, H.E. Luther s.n. (Holotype: SEL. Isotypes: QCNE, MO).

Plant an epiphyte, flowering 30-40 cm tall. Leaves densely rosulate, 20 to 35 in number, erect to spreading, 30-45 cm long: leaf sheaths narrowly elliptic, 45-65 x 20-30 mm, thin, nerved, sparsely punctate lepidote, more so abaxially, somewhat castaneous; leaf blades linear lanceolate, attenuate, 10-16 mm wide, thin coriaceous, nerved, sparsely punctate lepidote throughout, light green or green tinged reddish.

Scape erect, 28-35 cm x 2 mm, somewhat sulcate,...