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Hohenbergia arcuata Leme & M.Machado

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: Rodriguésia 61(1): 41-42. Figs. 6 i-o, 7 c-d (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. BAHIA: Chapada Diamantina, Morro do Chapéu, ca. 1,5 km na estr. BA 051, a leste da cidade, 11º33’33”S, 41º08’55”W, 1015 m elev., XII.2003, M. Machado s.n., fl. cult. VIII.2009 (holotype RB 495806).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Rupiculous in full exposed sites in the subshruby vegetation, ca. 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The strongly arcuate-recurved leaf blades of Hohenbergia arcuata inspired its name, on the basis of the Latin word arcuatus.

Hohenbergia arcuata