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Pseudaraeococcus montanus (Leme) R.A.Pontes & Versieux  (comb. nov.)

Publ: PlantNow 1(2): 47 (2020)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Wenceslau Guimaraes, Ecological Station of Nova Esperanca, originally collected 25 July 1998, flowered in cultivation December 1998, E Leme & R. Alves 4371(Holotype: HB). .

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Etymology: from the Latin montanus, growing on mountains, in reference to the known habitat of the species restricted to elevated sites in the endangered Atlantic Forest of the biologically megadiverse state of Bahia.

Pseudaraeococcus montanus