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<- Deuterocohnia meziana subsp. meziana
(species meziana)



Type: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, August 1892, Kuntze s.n. (holotype: NY (2 sheets), isotype: B).

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Distribution: BOLIVIA. Depts. Santa Cruz, Tarija. BRAZIL. Est. Mato Grosso do Sul. PARAGUAY. Depts. Amambay, Concepción. 14°30′–22°45' S; 56°00′–64°20' W.

Habitat: Chaco savannas and its border to Andean Yungas, Chiquitania dry forests, Humid Chaco. Terrestrial or saxicolous, on limestone, on laterite and granitic outcrops, on sandstone. In open dry forest or shrubland, also close to rivers, in seasonally flooded riverside forests. On granitic outcrops in the Chiquitania dry forests., 150–1400 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to the German botanist Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) whose research focused on plant taxonomy and physiology. He established the genus Deuterocohnia in 1894.

Phenology: Main flowering period from July to December, flowers also reported from the rest of the year. Pollinated by hummingbirds and occasionally by insects.

Deuterocohnia meziana subsp. meziana