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Alcantarea acuminatifolia Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 108 (1): 7-10. (Figs. 4 A–G, 5 A–E) (2013)

Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Além Paraíba, BR 116, ca. 20 km from Além Paraíba, August 2001, C. C. Paula s.n., fl. cult. E. Leme 5368 (holotype HB, isotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais

Habitat: a rupicole on vertical granitic walls in the Atlantic Forest domain, ca 400 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of A. acuminatifolia is a reference to the acuminate apex of its leaf blades.

Alcantarea acuminatifolia