Paepalanthus modestus Trovó

Trovó, Marcelo & Echternacht, Lívia, 2022, The Paepalanthoideae (Eriocaulaceae) of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Brazil: taxonomic novelties, identification key, and illustrated list of species, European Journal of Taxonomy 834, pp. 58-93 : 79

Paepalanthus modestus Trovó

Fig. 8B

Voucher

M.L.O. Trovó 646 (RB) *.

Distribution

Endemic to the Chapada dos Veadeiros. The species forms large populations on the Chapada de Nova Roma, being less frequent in the Pouso Alto Region. Grows on dry, rocky to sandy soils.