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Issue: Vol. 622 No. 3: 27 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.3.3
Page range: 204-214
Abstract views: 263
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Contributions to the Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) knowledge in Ecuador: A new species from Cordillera del Toisán and new records for the country

Fundacion EcoMinga; Mariscal Foch 7-21 y Juan León Mera; Quito; Ecuador. Reserva: The Youth Land Trust; Washington; D.C.; USA. Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS; Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad de Las Américas; Vía a Nayón; Quito 170124; Ecuador. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO); Rumipamba 341 y Av. De los Shyris; Quito; Ecuador. Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador; Quito; 170510; Ecuador.
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador; Quito; 170510; Ecuador. Programa de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Caldas; Calle 65 #26-10; Manizales; Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Schultes; Fundación Ecotonos; Carrera 72 #13A-56; Cali; Colombia.
Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS; Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad de Las Américas; Vía a Nayón; Quito 170124; Ecuador.
Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS; Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad de Las Américas; Vía a Nayón; Quito 170124; Ecuador.
Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS; Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad de Las Américas; Vía a Nayón; Quito 170124; Ecuador.
Acianthinae Diurideae endemic Malesia Mindanao plant diversity Monocots

Abstract

Río Manduriacu and Dracula reserves, owned by the Fundación EcoMinga, are located in northwestern Ecuador, which has been a hotspot for the discovery of numerous new orchid species in recent years. Here, we propose Lepanthes inesmanzanoae, a new species found in Río Manduriacu reserve in Cordillera del Toisán. This species is distinguished by the transversely bilobed, velvety petals with a minute process on the outer margin of the midvein, the lower lobe of the petal shorter, triangular, attenuate, the appendix triangular, acute and the bilobed stigma. The new taxon is described, illustrated, and compared to its most similar species. Additionally, we report four new records of the genus Lepanthes for Ecuador.

 

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