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Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-15
Page range: 117–122
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A new species of Uleiorchis (Gastrodieae, Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, Caixa Postal 399, 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, Caixa Postal 399, 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Gerência de Meio Ambiente da Vale em Carajás, Rua Guamá, nº 60, 68516-000, Serra dos Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil.
Eastern Amazon Orchid Floresta Nacional de Carajás mycoheterotrophic

Abstract

A new species of Uleiorchis from Serra dos Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil, is described. This is the fourth species of this mycoheterotrophic genus. The species is illustrated, its affinities with related species are discussed, and a key to the species of the genus is presented. The new species differs from U. ulei, U. pratënsis and U. liesneri by the extremely elongated pedicel, the ligulate lip with a distal round dilatation, and by the elliptic, smooth stigmatic zone.