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Issue: Vol. 758 No. 2: 22 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.758.2.6
Page range: 177-183
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Nomenclatural notes on Laeliinae (Orchidaceae). XI. The merge of Dinema and Nidema

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Av. Transnordestina s.n.; 44036-900 Feira de Santana; Bahia; Brazil
Harvard University Herbaria; 22 Divinity Avenue; Cambridge; Massachusetts 02138; USA; Instituto Tecnológico Vale; Rua Boaventura da Silva 955; Belém; Pará 66055-090; Brazil
Monocots Epidendreae Taxonomy Neotropical Orchidaceae

Abstract

A new phylogenomic analysis representing Dinema, Nidema, and selected Laeliinae and outgroups is presented, based on the complete rDNA cistron. It clarifies unresolved relationships in previous nuclear ribosomal phylogenies and confirms plastid phylogenetic results that support merging Dinema with Nidema. The required new combinations in Dinema are presented for two species and one nothospecies.

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How to Cite

Berg, C.V.D. & Vieira, T.L. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on Laeliinae (Orchidaceae). XI. The merge of Dinema and Nidema. Phytotaxa 758 (2): 177–183. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.758.2.6