A new species of Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae with a unique, highly reduced, morphologically distinct labellum
Document title: A new species of Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae with a unique, highly reduced, morphologically distinct labellum
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000424913
ISSN: 1409-3871
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Institutions: 1Colorado College, Department of Organismal Biology and Ecology, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Estados Unidos de América
2Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Quito, Pichincha. Ecuador
3Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Pichincha. Ecuador
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 18
Number: 3
Pages: 217-230
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Taxonómico
English abstract Abstract . Pleurothallis minutilabia, a species unique in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae because of the minute, highly reduced lip, is described and compared to the most similar species in the subsection. It is also compared morphologically to Pleurothallis kaynagata from section Abortivae, to which P. minutilabia is not related, but which also possesses a highly reduced lip. The morphology of the flower of P. minutilabia is discussed briefly in relation to possible pollination mechanisms. The distribution, restricted to Zamora Chinchipe, southern Ecuador, and the conservation status are addressed
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Botánica,
Ecología,
Bosque nublado,
Ecuador,
Morfología labelar,
Pleurothallis minutilabia,
Polinización,
Ecuador
Keyword: Botany,
Ecology,
Cloud forest,
Ecuador,
Labellar morphology,
Pleurothallis minutilabia,
Pollination,
Ecuador
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