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Canistrum improcerum Leme & J.A.Siqueira

(subgen. Canistrum)

Publ: Fragm. Mata Atl. Nordeste 268 (2006)

Type: Alagoas, between Paripueira and Sao Luis do Quitunde, J. S. de Medeiros & A. Frassy s. n., fl. cult. Febr 2005, E. Leme 6211 Holotype: HB. Isotypes: UFP, MAC.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Alagoas,

Etymology: The name chosen for this new species, from the Latin improcerus, means "of short stature" and reflects the short height of the plant, with the inflorescence barely rising above the leaf rosette.

Canistrum improcerum