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Dyckia pottiorum Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 67: 26-29. (2012)

Type: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Corguinho, road MS 080, Corguinho to Rio Negro, km 99, 493 m elevation, 19° 43’ 53.8” S 54° 54’ 45.2” W, 16 September 2011, E. Leme et al. 8579 (holotype RB, isotype HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul

Habitat: it grows in full sun, forming small groups of plants on shallow soils accumulated on flat or slightly inclided rocky outcrops, ca. 500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species honors the botanists Arnildo Pott and Vali Joana Pott of the Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, for their so valuable contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Central Brazil.

Dyckia pottiorum