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xNidunelia rodrigoana Leme

Publ: Phytotaxa 692(1): 52-56 figs. 23 A–D, 24 A–J, W–Y (2025)

Natural hybrid: Nidularium antoineanum and Quesnelia lateralis

Type: Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis, P.E. Três Picos, 1,650 m elev., October 2021, R.F. da Silva s.n., cult. E. Leme 10111 (holotype RB)

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Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: Terrestrial in a nebular Atlantic Forest, it forms small and dense groups of plants, ca 1650 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new nothogenus is a combination of the names of its putative parents, Nidularium Lemaire and Quesnelia Gaudichaud. The new nothospecies, ×Nidunelia rodrigoana, honors its collector, the researcher of the Três Picos State Park, Rodrigo Freitas da Silva, currently studying the flora of the most elevated mountain parts of this amazing protected area. The attention of Mr. Silva was attracted to this new nothospecies by its unusual general appearance completely distinct from anything he had ever seen or documented so far for this conservation unit

xNidunelia rodrigoana