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Cryptanthus pirambuensis D.M.C. Ferreira & Louzada

Publ: Phytotaxa 571(1): 66-70 (fig. 1-3) (2022)

Type: BRAZIL. Sergipe: Pirambu, Mata de Sambaíba, 41 m elev., 10°39’19”S, 36°51’53”W, 09 November 2017, fl. cult. 18 April 2018, fl., D. Cavalcanti & E. Ferreira 904 (UFP!)

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Distribution: Brazil, Sergipe

Habitat: terrestial on clayey or sandy soils in closed lowland semideciduous seasonal forest and restinga forest, 0-50 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the municipality of Pirambu where the type specimen was collected.

Phenology: Flowering has been recorded in nature in May and in cultivation in January and April.

Cryptanthus pirambuensis