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Dyckia piracanjubensis Esteves & Gouda

Publ: J. Brom. Soc. 66(3): 172-181. figs. 1-9. (2017)

Type: BRAZIL. Municipality of Piracanjuba, in the south of Goiás state. The new species occurs in isolated outcrops of soft limestone rocks, in scattered habitats along the Piracanjuba River basin. Elev. 650 meters. July 1994. Ex cult., fl. in November 2011, E. Esteves Pereira E-355 (holotype UFG 50537).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Goiás

Habitat: grows as a rupicole in full sun on isolated, small and scattered flat outcroppings of soft calcareous rocks, ca 650 m. Elev.

Etymology: The Latin epithet “piracanjubensis” refers to the municipality of Piracanjuba, Goiás state, Brazil.

Dyckia piracanjubensis