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Cryptanthus solidadeanus Leme & E.H. Souza

Publ: Phytotaxa 523(2): 188-190 fig. 6 A–G (2021)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Brejões, Distrito de Serrana, Fazenda Camaçari, Mata Camaçari, 875 m elevation, 13º 07’ 14.5” S, 39º 53’ 04.3” W, 18 June 2017, E.H. Souza 327 & M.S.O. Santos (holotype HURB, isotypes RB, SEL).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Terrestrial growing on the shaded forest floor in a semi-deciduous forest, forming medium-sized groups of individuals more or less sparsely distributed in the area, 850-900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the local conservationist Maria da Solidade Oliveira da Silva, known as Soly, who called our attention to the high biodiversity in the forest fragments of the Distrito de Serrana, now under serious threat by the expansion of agricultural and cattle breeding activities.

Cryptanthus solidadeanus