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Orthophytum graomogolense Leme & C.C.Paula

(subgen. Clavanthus)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 58(3): 107-112 (2008)

Type: Brazil, State of Minas Gerais, Grão-Mogol, near the intersection with the road to Cristália, margin of Itacambiraçú river, near the bridge, terrestrial on sandy soil among quartzite outcrops of Campos Rupestres, 16°35’54”S, 42°54’11”W, 650 m elev., 9 Aug. 2007, E. Leme 7175 & C. C. Paula (Holotype, HB. Isotype, RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais,

Habitat: terrestrial on sandy soil among quartzite outcrops of Campos Rupestres, CA. 650 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named after the place Grão-Mogol.

Orthophytum graomogolense