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Wittmackia linharesiorum (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 22 (2017)

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia, Santa Terezinha, Pedra Branca. originally collected by Sandra Linhares and Roberto Menescal November 1994, flowered in cultivation March 1996, E. Leme 2791 (Holotype: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Bahia

Habitat: Understory of humid montane forests., 100–750 m. Elev.

Etymology: this small and delicate new species is named in after Sandra and Adilson Linhares.

Wittmackia linharesiorum