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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: 27
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.