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Wittmackia guedesiae E.H.Souza & Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 583(3): 246-249 fig. 1&3 (2023)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Igrapiúna, BA-001, Mata da Vila 5, Reserva Ecológica Michelin, 13 ̊49’20.3” S, 39 ̊12’13.4” W, 35 m. elev., 28 December 2019, E.H. Souza 1108 (holotype HURB, isotypes ALCB, RB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: epiphytic, and grows on the shaded forest floor in an Atlantic Forest fragments, ca 35 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors Maria Lenise Silva Guedes, Professor and Curator of the Alexandre Leal Costa Herbarium (ALCB) at the Universidade Federal da Bahia. The professor is one of the most prolific collectors and connoisseurs of the flora of Bahia with more than 44,000 specimens

Phenology: The blooming season starts in April and extends to June

Wittmackia guedesiae