Dracula agnosia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a long confused undescribed species

ALFONSO DOUCETTE

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.56.1.6

Issue: Vol. 56 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Article

Published: 2012-06-01

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.56.1.6

Page range: 23–27

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Dracula agnosia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a long confused undescribed species

ALFONSO DOUCETTE⁺⁻

L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, 412 Mann Library Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4301, U.S.A Current address: 145 Kenoza Ave., Haverhill, Massachusetts 10830, U.S.A.

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Abstract

Dracula agnosia, long confused with D. olmosii, is formally described. The two species may be easily distinguished by their sepal morphology.