''Encholirium horridum'' is a
xerophytic bromeliad
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...
native to the states of
Minas Gerais and
Espírito Santo in eastern
Brazil.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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References
Pitcairnioideae
Endemic flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1940
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