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Dyckia lunaris Leme

Publ: Selbyana 30(2): 131-133 (2010)

Type: Brazil: Goiás: Alto Paraı́so, ca. 4 km from Vila Sa˜o Jorge, Vale da Lua, ca. 1000 m, 22 Jul 2004, E. Leme 6359 (Holotype: HB; Isotype: RB). FIGURE 2.

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Goiás

Habitat: ca. 1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to the place where it was collected, in Vale da Lua (moon’s valley), from the Latin ‘‘lunaris,’’ meaning ‘‘related to the moon.’’

Dyckia lunaris