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Stigmatodon minimus D.R. Couto & Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 720(2): 150-155 figs. 1,2 (2025)

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Nova Venécia, Guararema, Pedra da Fortaleza, inselberg granitóide, epilithic on vertical rock wall, 18° 45’ 38” S, 40° 42’ 17” W, ca. 954 m elevation, 20 September 2024, D.R. Couto 7957 & V.C. Manhães, cult. E. Leme 10523 (holotype RB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Espírito Santo

Habitat: Growing hyperepilithic or saxicolous on vertical rock walls of inselbergs in the Atlantic Forest domain, ca. 954 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this species is based on the Latin word “minimus”, meaning very small, minimum, the smallest, as a direct reference to its size, which is the smallest within the genus Stigmatodon

Stigmatodon minimus