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Dyckia secundifolia Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 67: 31–34. (2012)

Type: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: General Carneiro, Serra das Furnas, Paredão Grande, 550 m elevation, 15º 34’ 54.52” S, 53º 28’ 00.3” W, 29 April 2006, W. Kranz 129 (holotype RB, isotype HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso

Habitat: terrestrial in the shallow soils accumulated in depressions and crevices of sandstone rock outcrops at the foothill of Serra das Furnas, ca. 550 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a reference to its unilaterally curved leaves, which is an easy identification character of D. secundifolia even when sterile.

Dyckia secundifolia