Abstract

BAQUERO, Luis E.; DONOSO T., Javier J.  and  JIMENEZ, Marco M.. A new gold-colored Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from southeast Ecuador. Lankesteriana [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.2, pp.257-262. ISSN 1409-3871.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v20i2.43556.

Lepanthes vere-aurum, a new species of the orchid subtribe Pleurothallidinae, discovered in Zamora Chinchipe province, southeast Ecuador, is described here. We compare L. vere-aurum to L. brenneri, the only similar species, from which it differs in having larger leaves and longer inflorescences. Also, L. vere-aurum has an obovate, concave, long-acuminate dorsal sepal and a concave appendix with a pubescent crest underneath and with a long, pubescent apex,versus a flat, triangular-ovate, acuminate dorsal sepal and a smaller appendix with a ciliate apex in L. brenneri. Some information about its phenology and ecology is additionally provided.

Keywords : Cordillera del Cóndor; endangered orchid; Epidendroideae; Lepanthes brenneri; new orchid species.

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