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Fosterella hatschbachii L.B.Sm. & Read emend. Leme & Forzza.

Publ: Bradea. 6: 134-40. (1992)

Type: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Aquidauana, Piraputanga, base sombria dos paredões de arenito, 16 October 1972, G. Hatschbach 30497 (holotype US!, isotypes HB!, MBM!, NY!). (figs. 10 A to G)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Mato Grosso do Sul

Habitat: sandstone rocky outcrops, in shaded places inside forest vegetation, very often along or nearby rivers, 200–250 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet honors its collector, one of the most remarkable Brazilian field botanists and discoverer of countless taxa, Gert Hatschbach (1923–2013), founder of the Museu Botânico Municipal de Curitiba, to which he dedicated a life-long time.

Fosterella hatschbachii