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Dyckia divaricata Leme & H.Büneker

Publ: J. Brom. Soc. 65(2): 129-136 (figs. 1–9) (2015)

Type: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Antônio João, along the road BR 384, Antonio João to Bela Vista, ca. 1.5 km before Campestre district, 480 m elevation, 22º 12’ 12.42” S, 56º 00’ 52.55” W, 27 February 2014, W. Kranz 426, C.M. Zanella & C.A. Melo (holotype RB, isotype HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul

Habitat: rupicolous, forming large populations, ca 480 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet of this new species, from the Latin “divaricatus” which means “spreading at a wide angle”, is a reference to its spreading primary branches. Additional specimens examined (paratypes):––BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Antônio João, towards Campestre, 16 March 1985, G. Hatschbach & F.J. Zelma 49117 (MBM!); Rodovia Ponta Porã to Bela Vista, towards Campestre, 23 October 2003, G. Hatschbach, M. Hatschbach, E. Barbosa 76697 (MBM!, INPA!, SPF!).

Dyckia divaricata