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<- Waltillia itambana T. Machado & Versieux

Publ: Phytotaxa 491(1): 2-5 fig. 1, 3, 4e-f (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santo Antônio do Itambé, Parque Estadual Pico do Itambé, 1588 m elev., 12 June 2018, J.A.M. Souza 295, J.A.M. Paiva & S.H.A. Silva (BHCB 192312).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais

Habitat: terrestrial on the thin layer of soil accumulated over the quartizite rock of the rupestrian grassland habitat, ca. 1590 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet “itambana” is a reference to the type locality, the Pico do Itambé region.

Phenology: Flowering specimen were collected in June.

Waltillia itambana