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Encholirium avacanoeirum (Forzza & Faria) P.J. Braun & K.-H. Tank  (comb. nov.)

Publ: Bromelie 2021(3): 144 (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Goiás: Alto Para so de Goi s. Regi o da Chapada dos Veadeiros, entrando   direita ca. de 11 km indo de S o Jorge para Colinas do Sul, fazenda do senhor Nilmar. 14 10’59”S, 47 52’21”W, 907 m, 11 March 2020 [fl., fr.], J.E.Q. Faria et al. 10276 (Holotype: HEPH; isotypes: RB and SPF).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Goiás

Habitat: Terrestrial in campo rupestre (rupestrian grasslands or highland rocky grasslands) in the Cerrado domain, ca 900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the Av -Canoeiro indigenous people that used to live in the region of the Tocantins River.

Encholirium avacanoeirum