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Cryptanthus flesherii E.H. Souza & Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 523(2): 181-184 fig. 3 A–F (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Igrapíuna, BA 001, Mata de Vila 5, Trilha Principal, Reserva Ecológica Michelin, 171 m elevation, 13º 49’ 15” S, 39º 12’ 14” W, 29 December 2018, flowered in cult. 27 February 2021, E.H. Souza 180 (holotype HURB, isotype RB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Terrestrial on the shaded forest floor in a Atlantic Forest fragment in a humid tropical climate, ca 170 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the ecologist Kevin Michael Flesher, Director of the Reserva Ecológica Michelin and responsible for the conservation and research management of the area where this new species was discovered

Cryptanthus flesherii