A new and previously misidentified species of <i>Trisetella</i> (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from southeast Ecuador

Authors

  • Luis E. Baquero Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS, Carrera de Ingeniería Agroindustrial y Alimentos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Las Américas, Calle José Queri, Quito, Pichincha, 170137, Ecuador; Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador.
  • Adriana L. Mogrovejo Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v21i2.48007

Abstract

Trisetella pachycaudata, a new species in the subtribe Pleurothallidinae, was discovered in the Zamora Chinchipe province of southeast Ecuador, and it is described here. Trisetella pachycaudata is compared with the most similar species (and others with which it has been confused in cultivation), T. triglochin, T. strumosa, and T. vittata. It differs from them in the flowers with a much thicker apex of the sepaline tails (the thickest in the genus), and the petals expanded at the labellar margin, with the cuspidate apices erose on the upper margin and entire at the lower margin.

Key words / Palabras clave: Trisetella strumosa, Trisetella triglochin, Trisetella vittata, Zamora Chinchipe

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Published

2021-08-06

How to Cite

Baquero, L. E., & Mogrovejo, A. L. (2021). A new and previously misidentified species of &lt;i&gt;Trisetella&lt;/i&gt; (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from southeast Ecuador. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 21(2), 269–276. https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v21i2.48007

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