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Alcantarea turgida Versieux & Wand.

Publ: Brittonia 59(1): 57-64 (2007)

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Conceicao do Mato Dentro, alto da cachoeira do Tabuleiro, 19°08'58.7"S, 43°33'05.3"W 1300m, 22 Dec 2005, Versieux et al. 260 (holotype: SP; isotypes: BHCB, MBM, RB, SEL, SPF, VIC). (Figs. l, 2)

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: heliophyte or semisciophyte on rocky outcrops, 1200-1300 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet is an allusion to the floral bracts that are densely imbricate and turgid, and completely filled with copious transparent viscose nectar that drips from the apex of the flowering branches.

Phenology: Flowering individuals were observed in June and from December to February. Fruiting in April.

Alcantarea turgida