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Issue: Vol. 637 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.637.1.8
Page range: 106-112
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the genus Octomeria (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Ecuador

Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Herbario HUTPL, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n 11-01-608, Loja, Ecuador, Ecuador
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Las Américas, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Herbario HUTPL, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n 11-01-608, Loja, Ecuador, Ecuador; Herbario Azuay, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del Azuay, Av. 24 de Mayo 7-77 y Hernán Malo, Cuenca, Ecuador
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Departamento de Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre (CYMVIS) y Herbario amazónico ECUAMZ. Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA), Carretera Tena a Puyo Km. 44. Napo EC-150950, Ecuador
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Las Américas, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
Taxonomy Octomeria pacii Southern Ecuador Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Octomeria was found during an orchid research expedition in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. Octomeria jimenezii is described and illustrated, and information on its distribution, habitat and conservation status is provided. The newly proposed taxon is morphologically similar to O. pacii, from which it differs by the lower lateral lobes, with an obtuse to subacute angle to the anterior margin.

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