12- 17.2

Dyckia rigida T.Strehl

(section Dyckia selloa complex)

Publ: Vidalia 2(2): 32 (2005)

Type: Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Riozinho,l7.II.1999, T. Strehl 1502 (holotypus, HAS).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio Grande do Sul,

Habitat: hillsides, rocky faces and spillways of waterfalls,, 500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species makes reference the fibrous and rigid consistence of the leaves, which are difficult to cut or to break.

Phenology: It flowers from November to January.

Dyckia rigida