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Portea santosiana Leme & E.H. Souza

Publ: Phytotaxa 692(1): 39-42 fig. 17 A–R (2025)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Guaratinga, BA-686, ca. 7 km from Pedra do Oratório to Cajuíta, locality of “Serra”, 361 m elev., 16º38’45.5” S, 39º47’03.9” W, August 2023, leg. J.E. dos Santos s.n., cult. E. Leme 10300 (holotype RB).

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Habitat: terrestrial forming large and dense groups of plants in a low-elevated area, covered by disturbed Atlantic Forest, ca 360 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species honors its collector, the bromeliad collector João Eduardo dos Santos, responsible for the preservation of an important fragment of Atlantic Forest in the county of Itapebi, Bahia state, from where he presented new species of different botanical families to the scientific community.

Portea santosiana