Type: Brasil, Minas Gerais: Nova Belem, Serra do Pitengo, 600 m altitudinis,
Francisco Deusvando Vasconcelos Leitao, FDVL-113, Maius anni 2008. Floruit in
eullus: maius 2009 (holotype, SP; illustration of type; photo of the habit and flowers of the plant used as the holotype).