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Issue: Vol. 204 No. 2: 1 April 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.204.2.9
Page range: 172–175
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Macradenia grandiflora (Cymbidieae; Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae), a new species from southeastern Brazil

Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquidário do Estado. Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, Água Funda, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Montese, Belém, São Paulo, Brazil.
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Montese, Belém, São Paulo, Brazil.
Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquidário do Estado. Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, Água Funda, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Macradenia Oncidiinae southeastern Brazil

Abstract

Macradenia grandiflora a new species from southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. It is related to M. lutescens, but differs by the number of lip calli, the size of sepals, petals and lip, the number of flowers per inflorescence, the cuspidate apex of sepals and petals, and the irregularly lacerate margin of the clinandrium.