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Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-02
Page range: 80–88
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A new species of Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Southwestern Ecuador: Pleurothallis marioi

Centro de Tenencia Orquiecuador y Gloxinias, Sucre y García Moreno, esquina frente al Parque central, 071050 Piñas, El Oro, Ecuador
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca, Hornos 1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, 71230, Oaxaca, México
Department of Organismal Biology and Ecology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, U.S.A.
Acronia Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Pleurothallidinae semi-deciduous premontane forest Monocots Pleurothallis

Abstract

A new orchid species in Pleurothallis subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae, is described and illustrated. It was discovered in semi-deciduous premontane forest from Southwestern Ecuador. The new species is named herein as Pleurothallis marioi; information about its distribution, habitat, phenology, and conservation status is provided. The new taxon is compared with P. acestrophylla, P. arctata, P. calamifolia, P. lemniscifolia, P. portillae, and P. subtilis, species to which it is morphologically similar.