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Forzzaea coutensis Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro

Publ: Phytotaxa 430(3): 168-170 (fig. 5 A–G) (2020)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Couto de Magalhães de Minas, BR 259 toward Diamantina, 841 m elevation, 18°06’16.3” S, 43°29’44.6” W, 9 August 2017, E. Leme 9233, O. Ribeiro & R. Oliveira (holotype RB)

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Distribution: BRAZI:. Minas Gerais

Habitat: saxicolous growing in crevices, sometimes on more or less vertical sandstone rock surfaces in Campos Rupestres vegetation, 800-1100 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species refers to the county where it was found, in Couto de Magalhães de Minas. Additional specimens examined (paratypes):––BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Couto de Magalhães de Minas, outskirts of the city, May 2015, R. Vasconcelos s.n., fl. cult. E. Leme 9007 (RB); ibidem, BR 259 toward Diamantina, 845 m elevation, 18º 06’ 16” S, 43º 29’ 44.6” W, 18 September 2015, E. Leme 9082 & O. Ribeiro (RB!); Diamantina, Biri-Biri, 20 January 1972, G. Hatschbach 29031, L.B. Smith & E. Ayensu (MBM)

Forzzaea coutensis