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Orthophytum cearense Leme & F.Monteiro

Publ: Rodriguezia 61(1): 49-51. Figs. 8 o-t, 9 f-g (2010)

Type: BRAZIL. CEARÁ: Catunda, Serra do Olho D’Água, Pico da Serra Branca, 1144 m elev., 04̊45’55.4”S, 40̊07’46.9”W, 26.I.2009, fl., F.J.S. Monteiro 201, fl. cult. (holotype RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Ceara

Habitat: Terrestrially amidst rock outcrops in residual, disturbed, secondary decidual Tropical Forest, ca. 1140 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name of this new species is a clear reference to the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, where a member of the genus Orthophytum was discovered for the first time.

Orthophytum cearense