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Cryptanthus minarum L.B.Sm.

Publ: Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126(1): 24, 161 fig. 69 (1955)

Type: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Itabira do Campo, Jun. 1902, A. Melo Matos s.n. (holotype, R, photo, B; isotype, R)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: growing in an area of forest, 500-600 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named after the state of Minas Gerais where the species is endemic.

Cryptanthus minarum