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Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-02
Page range: 262-268
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A NEW SPECIES OF TELIPOGON (ONCIDIINAE; ORCHIDACEAE) FROM THE PARAMOS OF COLOMBIA

Department Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität
Jardín Botánico Jose Celestino Mutis, Avenida Calle 63 No. 68–95. Bogotá, Colombia
Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Helmholtzstraße 10-1 Containerstadt, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
Northern Andes Neotropical region Taxonomy Colombian Flora Epidendroideae Monocots

Abstract

Telipogon heinrichsii from the paramo of the western slope of the Central Andean Cordillera in Colombia is proposed as a new species. The new taxon is similar to T. puruantensis and T. vollesii, but differs by the triquetrous peduncle of the inflorescence, a widely ovate labellum, and the column completely surrounded by uniformly distributed setae. A description, illustrations, and notes on the ecology and distribution are provided.