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Cryptanthus caracensis is a synonym of:

Hoplocryptanthus caracensis (Leme & E. Gross) Leme, S. Heller & Zizka

Publ: Phytotaxa 318 (1): 65 (2017)

Type: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Municipio de Santa Barbara, Parque Natural do Cara?a, Cascatinha, ca. 1300 m, Feb. 22,1992, E. M. C. Leme & P. Nahoum 1853 (holotype, HB). Figure 49.

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: campos rupestres, in a rocky places with water falls, where the species grows with herbaceous vegetation, on exposed areas, as a lithophytic., 1300—1500 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named for Parque Natural do Canuja, the locality wherein the plant is endemic.

Hoplocryptanthus caracensis