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Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-10
Page range: 88–96
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Platystele apoloae (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from Southwestern Ecuador

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.
Herbario GUAY, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s.n. y Av. Juan Tanca Marengo (Campus Mapasingue), 09-01-10634, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Evergreen premontane forests mangrove semi-deciduous premontane forest taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Platystele apoloae, a new orchid species is here described and illustrated. It was discovered in semi-deciduous premontane forest from Southwestern Ecuador, in the Amotape-Huancabamba zone. Information about its distribution, habitat, phenology, and conservation status is provided. The new taxon is compared with P. carl-lueriana, P. catiensis, P. cornejoi, P. ovalifolia, P. pedicellaris and P. propinqua, species to which it is morphologically similar.