Ditassa edmundoi Fontella & C.Valente

Ferraz, José Roberto, Molina, José Marcelo P., Hassemer, Gustavo & Ribeiro, José Eduardo Lahoz Da Silva, 2025, An annotated checklist of the endemic flowering plants of Paraná, southern Brazil, Phytotaxa 685 (1), pp. 1-62 : 28

19. Ditassa edmundoi Fontella & C.Valente

Life form:—Climber.

Habitat:—This species is mainly found in Subtropical Highland Grasslands, but it has also been collected in the Cerrado, High Altitude Tropical Grasslands, and in the transitional area between Araucaria Forest and Atlantic Rainforest. It grows on sandstone outcrops, shallow sandy soils and in the Ibitiraquire mountain range on granite slopes. Elevation records range from 753 to 1782 m a.s.l.

Geographic distribution:—Balsa Nova: R. Kummrow 1513 (MBM!). Bocaiúva do Sul: O.S. Ribas et al. 5787 (FUEL!). Campina Grande do Sul: P.C. Ferreira et al. 60 (MBM!). Campo Largo: G. Hatschbach et al. 12096 (MBM!). Campo Magro: J.M. Sila et al. 3544 (MBM!). Curitiba: M. Franck s.n. (ICN). Jaguariaíva: G.B. Merlin et al. 4 (FUEL!). Ortigueira: G. Hatschbach 15707 (MBM!). Palmeira: L.T. Dombrowski 14563 (MBM!). Ponta Grossa: R. Kummrow & J Cordeiro 3223 (FUEL!).

Number of gatherings:—63. Most recent record:—2018.

Preliminary conservation status:—Endangered (EN – B2ab[i,ii,iii]). EOO = 19,747.339 km 2 and AOO = 72 km 2.

Conservation unit:— Campos Gerais National Park , Cerrado State Park, and Pico Paraná State Park .