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Two new species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian cerrado and campo rupestre

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Two new species, Habenaria ciliatisepala and H. egleriana (Orchidaceae, Orchideae), from the cerrado of central Brazil and campo rupestre of the Espinhaço mountain range in Minas Gerais and Bahia, are described and illustrated.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the curators of BHCB, CEN, HB, IAN, MBM, MG, NY, RB, SP and UB for the loan of material or for providing access to their collections, Tarciso Filgueiras for the Latin diagnoses, Maria Helena Burian for finishing the illustration of H. egleriana and Maria Carolina A. Luque for revising the English.

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  1. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Depto. Botânica, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, C.P. 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-910, Brazil

    J. A. N. Batista

  2. Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, Final Av. W5 Norte, C.P. 02372, Brasília, DF, 70770-901, Brazil

    L. B. Bianchetti

  3. Embrapa Cerrados, C.P. 08223, Planaltina, DF, 73301-970, Brazil

    Z. J. G. Miranda

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Batista, J.A.N., Bianchetti, L.B. & Miranda, Z.J.G. Two new species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian cerrado and campo rupestre. Kew Bull 63, 449–456 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9054-6

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