A colorful new species of Neooreophilus (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador



Document title: A colorful new species of Neooreophilus (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000389867
ISSN: 1409-3871
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología, Medellín, Antioquia. Colombia
2EcoMinga Foundation, Baños, Tungurahua. Ecuador
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 15
Number: 3
Pages: 213-217
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract A new species of Neooreophilus from the eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador is described and illustrated. Neooreophilus chaoae is related to a group of species that includes N. cordilabius , N. chelosepalus and N. werneri characterized by having an obovate, pubescent dorsal sepal and spread or reflexed, non-pubescent lateral sepals ending with an apiculum. The new species can be distinguished by its narrowly triangular lateral sepals and its lip with lateral lobes not extending beyond the column. Notes about its natural habitat and conservation status are also given
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Angiospermas,
Ecología,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Neooreophilus,
Pleurothallidinae,
Nuevas especies,
Andes,
Colombia
Keyword: Biology,
Angiosperms,
Ecology,
Taxonomy and systematics,
Ecuador,
Neooreophilus,
Pleurothallidinae,
New species,
Andes,
Colombia
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