Confusion in Epidendrum brenesii Schltr ., and a new Costa Rican species: Epidendrum sotoanum (Orchidaceae)
Two species have been confused under the name Epidendrum brenesii Schltr., both were used in the original description and drawing of the type. The purple-flowered species, has been commonly known as E. brenesii, a specimen collected by Brenes close to the original locus typicus is therefore used to...
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| Formato: | Online |
| Idioma: | eng |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/12076 |
| Sumario: | Two species have been confused under the name Epidendrum brenesii Schltr., both were used in the original description and drawing of the type. The purple-flowered species, has been commonly known as E. brenesii, a specimen collected by Brenes close to the original locus typicus is therefore used to neotypify the species. The yellow-flowered species is described as Epidendrum sotoanum Karremans & Hágsater, in honor of the late Mexican botanist Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas. |
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