Lepanthes agatarum (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species honoring an ancient tribe from the eastern Andes in Colombia

JUAN SEBASTIÁN MORENO; NICOLÁS GUTIÉRREZ; SEBASTIÁN VIEIRA-URIBE

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.376.2.2

Issue: Vol. 376 No. 2: 16 November 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-11-16

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.376.2.2

Page range: 89–96

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Lepanthes agatarum (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species honoring an ancient tribe from the eastern Andes in Colombia

JUAN SEBASTIÁN MORENO⁺⁻
NICOLÁS GUTIÉRREZ⁺⁻
SEBASTIÁN VIEIRA-URIBE⁺⁻

Grupo de Investigación Schultes, Fundación Ecotonos, Valle del Cauca, Cali, Colombia

Grupo de Investigación Schultes, Fundación Ecotonos, Valle del Cauca, Cali, Colombia Universidad Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Setor de Ciências Biológicas – Departamento de Botânica, Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.

Grupo de Investigación Schultes, Fundación Ecotonos, Valle del Cauca, Cali, Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología, Medellín, Colombia. Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad Tropical - GIBIOT, Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Colombia.

Colombia endemism taxonomy cup-shaped flowers Eastern Andes Monocots

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Abstract

Lepanthes agatarum, a new species of Orchidaceae from the eastern Andes of Colombia, with cup-shaped flowers, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Lepanthes calocodon from Venezuela, but can be distinguished from it by its longer petals and a bilaminate lip with the blade apices elongate, long acuminate-slender to filiform.