''Catimbaua'' is a genus of shrubs in the family
Linderniaceae
Linderniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. ''Vandellia micrantha'' is eaten in Laos, but tastes bitter. Best known are the wishbone flowers ''Torenia ...
. It contains a single species, ''Catimbaua pendula''. It has pendant branches, greyish leaves and red flowers. The species occurs on steep cliffs in the
Catimbau National Park
The Catimbau National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Catimbau) is a national park in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
It protects a semi-arid area of caatinga with sandstone caverns and caves in which prehistoric art has been found.
Location
Val ...
in
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...
, north-eastern
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
[ Almeida, E.M., Wanderley, A.M., Santos, A.D.S., De Melo, J.I.M., Souza, G., Batista, F.R.D.C., Christenhusz, M.J. and Felix, L.P., 2019. Two new genera and species of Linderniaceae (Lamiales) from inselbergs in northeastern Brazil: morphological and karyological evidence. ''Phytotaxa'' 400(4):215-226.]
References
Linderniaceae
Monotypic Lamiales genera
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