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Orthophytum formosense Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 430(3): 184-186 (fig. 12 A–E) (2020)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Monte Formoso, 719 m elevation, 16°50’08” S, 41°15’30” W, May 2014, R. Vasconcelos s.n., fl. cult. June 2016, E. Leme 8884 (holotype RB!)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: saxicolous habit in sites under intense insolation, in Campos Rupestres vegetation, ca 720 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species refers to the county of Monte Formoso where it was found, in Minas Gerais state

Orthophytum formosense