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Stigmatodon itamarajuensis Leme, D.R. Couto & L. Kollmann

Publ: Phytotaxa 576(3): 241-243 fig. 5a-i (2022)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Itamaraju, Fazenda Monte Pescoço, propriedade Carlinhos Mascarenhas, Monte Pescoço, 125 m elevation, 16° 59’ 08.3” S, 39° 34’ 38.5” W, 20 April 2009, E. Leme 7758, L. Kollmann, A.P. Fontana & C. Esgario (holotype RB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Growing saxicolous on vertical granitic walls, forming a very large and dense population completely covering the rocky surface, ca 125 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a reference to the county of Itamaraju, Bahia state, where this new species was found

Stigmatodon itamarajuensis