38- 3.1

Hohenbergia barbarespina Leme & Fraga

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: Rodriguésia 61(1): 42-43. Figs. 6 p-v, 7 e-f (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. BAHIA: Wenceslau Guimarães, road BA 889, between Cocão and Nova Esperança (Teolândia to Jaguaquara), ca. 500 m elev., 25.VII.1998, E. Leme & R. Alves 4363 (holotype RB).

Search images on Permanent URL

Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Epiphytically on the higher tree branches of an Atlantic Forest fragment, ca. 500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific name of Hohenbergia barbarespina portrays the very dense disposition of the spines along the basal portion of the leaf margins, as well as their proportionally longer length in comparison with the closer relative.

Hohenbergia barbarespina