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Issue: Vol. 662 No. 3: 13 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.662.3.1
Page range: 209-223
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A new white-flowered Elleanthus (Orchidaceae: Sobralieae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador and notes on hummingbird pollination of Elleanthus scopula

Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
School of Environment, Earth and Life Sciences campus, Symonds Street 1010, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador, Floplaya, Compañía de flores y plantas Yantzaza S.A., El Pangui, 190650, 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
Fundación Condor Andino Ecuador, Tamayo N24-260 y Lizardo, Quito, Ecuador
Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
cloud forests Loja orchids South America upper elevation Zamora Chinchipe Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Elleanthus from southern Ecuador is described and illustrated here. Elleanthus loxensis is characterized by having ramified stems with coriaceous, plicate leaves and white flowers. Its ecological, morphological, and taxonomic traits are compared with other similar species within the genus and discussed here. Additionally, comments on the pollination of Elleanthus scopula are presented.

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