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Stigmatodon viridibracteatus D.R. Couto, Fraga & Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 576(3): 243-245 fig 6a-g (2022)

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Barra de São Francisco, inselberg between Vila Paulista and Santa Teresinha, epilithic on vertical rock wall, forming a large population, 250 m elevation, 18° 35’ 35” S, 40° 48’ 16” W, 17 October 2019, D.R. Couto 4829, P.M. Gonela, T. Condez & C.N. Fraga (holotype MBML)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Espírito Santo

Habitat: Grow epilithic, found on vertical granitic slopes of inselbergs, on the north face of the cliff, where they form large and dense populations, ca 250 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to the green color of its floral bracts, which distinguishes it from other cinereous-leafed species of Stigmatodon

Stigmatodon viridibracteatus