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Issue: Vol. 265 No. 2: 14 June 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.265.2.6
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 183
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Dichaea (Orchidaceae) from Brazil with special reference to its foliar anatomy

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Botânica, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus (AM), Brazil, 69.060-001
Universidade Federal do Amazonas Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica, Rua Gal. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Japiim I, Manaus (AM), Brazil, 69.077-000
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Botânica, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus (AM), Brazil, 69.060-001
Herbiers, Université de Lyon 1, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Brazilian Amazon Manaus taxonomy biodiversity epiphytism Monocots

Abstract

A new Dichaea species is described. It shows an ovate an ovate, non-clawed lip, a feature up to now never observed in the genus that separates it from all related species. The species has been observed only in the Central Amazon.

How to Cite

Krahl, A.H., Valsko, J.J., Holanda, A.S.S.D. & Chiron, G. (2016)

A new species of Dichaea (Orchidaceae) from Brazil with special reference to its foliar anatomy

. Phytotaxa 265 (2): 145–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.265.2.6