New and noteworthy species of the genus Epidendrum (Orchidaceae, Laeliinae) from the Área de Conservación Privada La Pampa del Burro, Amazonas, Peru

By

Arista Bustamante, Jessy Patricia
Hágsater, Eric
Santiago, Elizabeth
Edquén, José D.
Pariente-Mondragón, Elí
Cruz, Manuel
Salazar, Gerardo A. (Gerardo Adolfo), 1961-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

227

Pages

43--87

Subjects

Dwarf forest on white sand , eastern Andean ridge , Lankester Composite Dissection Plates , moist or wet montane forest , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.227.101907

 

Abstract

Fourteen species of the genus Epidendrum, recently collected in the Área de Conservación Privada La Pampa del Burro (ACPPB), five of them new to science (Epidendrum echinatiantherumsp. nov., E. imazaensesp. nov., E. parvireflexilobumsp. nov., E. rosulatumsp. nov., and E. ochrostachyumsp. nov.), are described and illustrated. The other species include a new record for Peru (E. acrobatesii) and four for the department of Amazonas (E. brachyblastum, E. forcipatum, E. mavrodactylon, and E. tridens). Epidendrum enantilobum is here considered a synonym of Epidendrum brachyblastum. The type locality of Epidendrum cryptorhachis, originally stated as Ecuador, Guayabamba, is corrected to indicate that it refers to the valley of Guayabamba, Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru. Our results show the need to continue conducting botanical exploration in the ACPPB as a baseline for subsequent studies, including a full inventory of the orchid diversity.