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Forzzaea bahiana Engels

Publ: Phytotaxa 618(2) : 203-207 (2023)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Ibitiara, summit of the hill, on conglomerate flat rocky outcrops in the Campos Rupestres in the Caatinga domain, 14 January 2023, fl. and fr. in cult., M.E. Engels 10342 (holotype UPCB!)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: rupicolous in crevices of rocky outcrops, in phytophysiognomy related to Campo Rupestre, in the Caatinga Domain, ca 1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: This new species is the first representative of the genus in the state of Bahia, in the Septentrional Plateau of the Espinhaço range, northeastern Brazil, and its specific epithet refers to the state where it was found

Forzzaea bahiana