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Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-06
Page range: 268–274
Abstract views: 26
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Ionopsis × atalibae (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae), a new natural hybrid from the Brazilian Amazon 

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Botânica, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Botânica, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Epiphytes hybridization Ionopsis satyrioides Ionopsis utricularioides sympatry Monocots

Abstract

Hybridization plays a relevant role in the evolution and diversification of flowering plants. Natural hybridization has been commonly recorded in some orchid groups. During fieldwork in a Citrus plantation in the Brazilian Amazon, plants of Ionopsis utricularioides, I. satyrioides and an unidentified taxon with intermediate morphology between both sympatric species were found. The plants with intermediate features are most likely a natural hybrid between I. utricularioides and I. satyrioides described here as I. × atalibae.