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Karatas amazonica is a synonym of:

Nidularium amazonicum (Baker) Linden & E.Morren ex Lindman

Publ: Öfversigt Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 47 (10): 541 (1890)

Type: Kew Hortus s. n., fl. cult. 1878. Holotype: K.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Parana, Santa Catarina,

Habitat:

Etymology: When N amazonicum was published in 1886, it was erroneously thought to have come from the " Amazon Valley" in northern Brazil and this was what inspired the name of this typical Atlantic-forest inhabitant from southern and southeastern Brazil.

Phenology: It flowers from February to April

Nidularium amazonicum