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Encholirium fragae Forzza

Publ: Phytotaxa 227(1): 14 (Figs. 1, 2) (2015)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: São Desidério, Sertaneja, cerca de 4 km de São Desidério na estrada para Correntina, vegetação sobre lapas de calcário, 581 m elevation, 12°22’46’’ S, 44°57’06’’ W, 17 May 2005, C.N. Fraga, M.M. Saavedra & J. Neri 2735 (holotype RB!, isotypes HUEFS!, US!).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Bahia

Habitat: a rupicolous species, growing in rock crevices on calcareous rocky outcrops, ca 580 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet ‘fragae’ is dedicated to one of the collectors of the type specimen, botanist Claudio Nicoletti de Fraga, from Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.

Encholirium fragae