Lou
Menezes talks about a new occurrence in Bahia: Stenia pallida |
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Stenia
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The
genus Stenia Lindley has its geographic center of irradiation
in Peru with the occurrence of nine species. Stenia pallida Lindley is found is in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana. The literature concerning the citation of Brazil only mentions the possibility of this species to be found in the border areas with the mentioned countries. The discovery of this species in the south of Brazil, as epiphytic plant in mountainous regions with high atmosphere humidity, was surprising although this region of Bahia is known by having many botanical elements from Amazonas in its native vegetation. This would explain the hypotheses that in a distant past, the Amazonica Forest would extend, at least, until the Brazilian southeast. |
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Know
a little more about the genus Stenia by Delfina de Araujo |
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In l837
Lindley described the genus based on a plant collected in Guyana. |