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Hohenbergia loredanoana Leme & L.Kollmann

(subgen. Hohenbergia)

Publ: Phytotaxa 16: 14-15 (2011)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: próximo a divisa com a Bahia, Santa Maria do Salto, distrito de Talismã, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural da Fazenda Duas Barras, divisa com P. E. do Alto Cariri, 16º 24.80’ S, 49º 03.21’ W, 841 m, 23 March 2010, Leme 8193 (holotype RB, isotype HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: epiphytic dweller of the hygrophilous Atlantic Forest, 700-900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet for this species honors the lawyer and conservationist Loredano Aleixo, from Porto Seguro, Bahia, the owner of, and person responsible for, the stablishment of the private reserve RPPN Fazenda Duas Barras.

Hohenbergia loredanoana