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Hohenbergia reconcavensis Leme & Fraga

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: Rodriguésia 61(1): 43-44. Figs. 6 w-cc, 7 g-h (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. BAHIA: Santo Amaro, Recôncavo, II.2002, S. Linhares 936, fl. cult. IV.2003 (holotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Terrestrially in humid Atlantic Forest fragments

Etymology: The name of Hohenbergia reconcavensis is a reference to the large region known as “Recôncavo Baiano”, which surrounds Baía de Todos os Santos, where this new species was found near the city of Santo Amaro.

Hohenbergia reconcavensis