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Issue: Vol. 731 No. 2: 27 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.2.8
Page range: 176-182
Abstract views: 188
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A new large-flowered species of Telipogon (Orchidaceae) discovered in Peru

Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, ul. Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
biodiversity Cajamarca taxonomy tropical Andes Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Telipogon from montane cloud forests of Peru is described and illustrated. Plants of this species grow at an elevation of over 3000 meters and are characterized by a reniform, basally papillate lip, ornamented with a distinctive triangular-ovate callus that is partially free from the lip disc, with thickened areas on either side of the callus spreading toward the lip margins and resembling wings. The new species resembles Ecuadorian T. frymirei but differs in having petals that are almost as wide as long, as well as in lip shape and venation.

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How to Cite

Kolanowska, M. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2025) A new large-flowered species of Telipogon (Orchidaceae) discovered in Peru. Phytotaxa 731 (2): 176–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.731.2.8