Encyclia fimbriata (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae), a new large-flowered species from Bahia, Brazil

CLÁUDIA A. BASTOS; CÁSSIO VAN DEN BERG; THIAGO E.C. MENEGUZZO

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.4

Issue: Vol. 40 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.4

Page range: 26–30

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Encyclia fimbriata (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae), a new large-flowered species from Bahia, Brazil

CLÁUDIA A. BASTOS⁺⁻
CÁSSIO VAN DEN BERG⁺⁻
THIAGO E.C. MENEGUZZO⁺⁻

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica. Av. Transnordestina, s.n., 44036-900, Feira de Santana, 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

Monocots Epiphytes flora of Bahia Neotropics Brazil

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Abstract

A new orchid species from Brazil, Encyclia fimbriata, is described and illustrated. It is known only from montane rain forest in southern Bahia. Flower morphology, especially the fringed midlobe of the labellum, crested callus and teeth of the clinandrium, distinguish it from any other species of the genus.