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Krenakanthus ribeiranus Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 619(1): 55-57 fig. 1–11 (2023)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Alvarenga, Serra de Santa Maria, maciço quartzítico a leste da sede do município, [precise locality withheld for conservation purposes], 650 m elevation, 1 March 2023, P.M. Gonella 3760, J.C.S. Ribeiro, D.P. Cordeiro, L.D. Martins & J. Martins (holotype RB, isotypes BHCB, CESJ, MBML)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: sciadophytic, saxicolous species in riparian forest in a matrix of Semideciduous Seasonal Forest and Campos Rupestres in the Atlantic Forest domain, 600-650 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet of this new species honors its discoverer, the young naturalist Júlio Cesar dos Santos Ribeiro, that lives at the foothills of Serra do Padre Ângelo, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais State.

Krenakanthus ribeiranus