''Araeococcus micranthus'' is a plant

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Araeococcus ''Araeococcus'' is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to northern South America, Central America and Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad a ...

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, and northern

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micranthus Flora of Trinidad and Tobago Flora of South America Plants described in 1841 Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Bromelioideae-stub