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Wittmackia carvalhoi (Martinelli & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 19 (2017)

Type: G. Martinelli 9695 & T. Soderstrom (holotype RB, isotype CEPEC, US, MBM), on the road Urucuca-Serra Grande, km 26, 50-100 m above sea level, Urucuca, Bahia, Brazil. October 20, 1983.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: Understory of humid montane forests., 50-100 m. Elev.

Etymology: With this new species we pay tribute to the botanist Andre Mauricio de Carvalho, of the Centro de Pesquiso do Cacau-CEPEC, who has greatly contributed to the study of the flora of the State of Bahia.

Wittmackia carvalhoi