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Cryptanthus santosii Leme & E.H. Souza

Publ: Phytotaxa 523(2): 186-188 fig. 5 A–F (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Belmonte, BA-275, near to Rio Preto, entrance to the right toward Rio do BU, Comunidade do Canta Galo, 75 m elevation, 12 October 2019, E. Leme 9835, J.E. Santos & E.H. Souza (holotype RB, isotype HURB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Terrestrial growing on the shaded forest floor in Restinga vegetation, ca 75 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species honors its collector, João Eduardo dos Santos, responsible for the preservation of an important fragment of Atlantic Forest in the county of Itapebi, Bahia state, and responsible for several botanical descoveries

Cryptanthus santosii