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Issue: Vol. 736 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.736.1.3
Page range: 33-48
Abstract views: 103
PDF downloaded: 2

Specklinia viridi-flava, a new miniature orchid species (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru confused with Specklinia grobyi

Orquiecuador y Gloxinias, Sucre y García Moreno, esquina frente al Parque central, 071050 Piñas, El Oro, Ecuador
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Hornos 1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, 71230, Oaxaca, México
Distribution patterns new taxon semi-deciduous montane forests species complex subgenus Hymenodanthe taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

A new orchid species in Specklinia from Ecuador and Peru is described and illustrated. Information regarding its distribution, habitat and conservation status is provided. Specklinia viridi-flava is compared with the most similar species, S. grobyi, with which the new species has been misidentified for several years, but differs by its long petiolate leaves (vs. shortly petiolate), green-pale yellow flowers (vs. yellow flowers suffused with red), spathulate, obtuse petals (vs. lanceolate, acute petals), and a column with truncate lateral wings (vs. curved lateral wings). Furthermore, the new species is compared with morphologically similar species S. bretannensis, S. crepidophylla, S. picta, and S. costaricensis.

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How to Cite

Romero, B.J.Z. & Solano, R. (2025) Specklinia viridi-flava, a new miniature orchid species (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru confused with Specklinia grobyi. Phytotaxa 736 (1): 33–48. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.736.1.3