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Stigmatodon medeirosii D.R. Couto & Gonella

Publ: Phytotaxa 637(3): 243-247 fig. 1-3 (2024)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santa Rita do Itueto, Pedra de Santa Rita (inselberg), epilithic on vertical rock wall, 19°22′S, 41°22′W; 780 m elevation, 19 April 2022, (flowered in cultivation in September 2022), D.R. Couto 6327, L. Medeiros, D. Cordeiro & P.M. Gonella (holotype MBML!).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: a hyperepilithic heliophile, growing on the bare and vertical rock wall in Atlantic Forest inselberg, ca 800 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet “medeirosii” honors Lucian Medeiros, from Santa Rita do Itueto, Minas Gerais, a young enthusiast of the bromeliads and orchids who has contributed to the discovery of many of the new species found in the region in the past few years, including this one.

Phenology: Collected with fruits in September (in situ), and flowers in March and April (in cultivation).

Stigmatodon medeirosii