A new Stelis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the Western Andes of Colombia
Document title: A new Stelis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the Western Andes of Colombia
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000456093
ISSN: 1409-3871
Authors: 1
2
1
3
Institutions: 1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Grupo de Investigación en Orquídeas, Ecología y Sistemática Vegetal, Palmira, Valle del Cauca. Colombia
2Universidad de Costa Rica, Jardín Botánico Lankester, Cartago. Costa Rica
3Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del Medio Ambiente, Cali, Valle del Cauca. Colombia
Year:
Season: May-Ago
Volumen: 20
Number: 2
Pages: 151-158
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Stelis excentrica, a new species endemic to the Cauca slope of the western Andes, municipality of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. It was found in the northern part of the Farallones de Cali National Park, in the vicinity of the protected area “El Danubio” administered by the Cali mayoralty. Stelis excentrica is similar to Stelis gigantissima from Ecuador but differs in the ocher-green flowers (vs. dark purple), the reniform petals (vs. flabellate petals), subquadrate lip with a minute apicule (vs. subcuneate without apicule). Reaching up to 30.6 mm from the apex of the dorsal sepal to the apex of the lateral sepal, Stelis excentrica probably has the largest flowers reported in any member of Stelis subgen. Stelis. Its 60 cm long inflorescence is only rivaled by that of Stelis gigantissima. Ecological notes, in situ photographs, typus illustration, maps, and a composite plate are provided
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Taxonomía y sistemática,
Angiospermas,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Stelis excentrica,
Orchidaceae,
Colombia
Keyword: Taxonomy and systematics,
Angiosperms,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Stelis excentrica,
Orchidaceae,
Colombia
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