“…Although endemic to Brazil, Lockhartia lunifera presents a widespread distribution, occurring in Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina (Pabst and Dungs, 1977;Silva et al, 1995;Barros et al, 2014;Govaerts et al, 2014). In Pará, it is known from Serra dos Carajás (Silveira et al, 1995), Serra das Andorinhas (von Atzingen et al, 1996) and in the present study area, inhabiting evergreen dense forests and secondary vegetation, blooming in April, June, and November.…”