A showy new <i>Platystele</i>(Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from northwest Ecuador

Authors

  • Lou Jost Fundacion EcoMinga
  • Gabriel Iturralde Universidad de las Américas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i1.28479

Keywords:

Carchi, Ecuador, Orchidaceae, Platystele, Pleurothallidinae

Abstract

A new species of Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) is described from foothill forest in the province of Carchi in northwestern Ecuador. The species has relatively large flowers for the genus, with long slender sepaline tails. It resembles Platystele caudatisepala, but is distinguished from that species by the partially connate lateral sepals, the convex lip with reflexed tip and margins, the deflexed petals, sometimes with their tips touching behind the flower, the sepals with recurved margins, and the leaves long-petiolate.

 

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Published

2017-04-08

How to Cite

Jost, L., & Iturralde, G. (2017). A showy new &lt;i&gt;Platystele&lt;/i&gt;(Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from northwest Ecuador. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i1.28479