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Alcantarea nana Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 177(2): 72-75 (2014)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Alvarenga, Corrego Sujo, hill in front of Pico da Aliança, 1134 m elevation, 19º 23’ 27” S 41º 41’ 06” W, 23 June 2012, E.Leme 8677, R.Vasconcelos & R.Faria (holotype RB!).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais

Habitat: exclusively rupicolous species living at the summit of the mountains, 1000-1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is based on the Latin word nanus, meaning dwarf, which refers to dwarf stature of A. nana when compared to the remaining species of the A. extensa complex. Additional specimen examined (paratype):––BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Alvarenga, near the border with Tarumirim, Córrego Alta Floresta, Serra do “Sibitiduca”, old property of Alcebíades, 1174 m elevation, 19º 24’ 37” S 41º 46’ 37” W, 22 June 2012, E.Leme 8668, R.Vasconcelos & R.Faria (RB!).

Alcantarea nana