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Cryptanthus diamantinensis Leme

Publ: Harvard Pap. Bot. 4(1): 137-138. (1999)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Chapada. Diamantina. Palmeiras, Caete-Acu, collected by Jose Carlos Garcia and Rafael de Oliveira in March 1997. flowered in cultivation April 1997, E. Leme 3812 (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: saxicolous

Etymology: the name of this new species refers to its original locality, the Chapada Diamantina (plateau) in the state of Bahia.

Cryptanthus diamantinensis