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Wittmackia aurantiolilacina Leme, E. Fernandez & Amorim

Publ: Phytotaxa 730(2): 191-196 fig. 2A-L (2025/11/19)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Guaratinga, Parque Nacional do Alto Cariri, região de Pinheirão, Fazenda Vitória, epiphyte in disturbed Atlantic Forest with abandoned “cabruca”, 380 m elevation, 16º 23’ 48.57” S, 39º 58’ 35.47” W, August 2023, E.P Fernandez et al. 1960, cult. JBRJ 3631, E. Leme 10470, flowered in cult. July 2024 (holotype RB)

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Distribution: BRAZI:. Bahia

Habitat: Epiphyte forming dense, sparsely distributed clumps, in the understory of Atlantic Ombrophilous dense Forest, 380-950 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a direct reference to the unusual color combination of its inflorescence: the orange color of its rachis, ovary, and sepals, based on the Latin word aurantius, meaning orange color, plus lilacinus, meaning lilac, the color of its petals

Wittmackia aurantiolilacina