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Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-16
Page range: 225–230
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A new species of Epidendrum (Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia. Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s.n. Ondina. 40170–115, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915. Jardim Botânico. 22460–030, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Endemism epiphyte Laeliinae Neotropics taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

A new epiphytic species of Epidendrum from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. Epidendrum campos-portoi grows in Upper-Montane Ombrophilous Forest in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, southeastern Brazil. The new species differs from E. subpurum, the morphologically closest species, mainly in the thinner, cylindrical stem, not thickened, inflorescence in a raceme, and green flowers.