A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru

A new species of Brachionidium was found on the highest mountains of the Central Jungle of Peru, on a wet Puna forest at 3470 m altitude. This species is similar to B. loxense and B. diaphanum but can be distinguished by its elliptic leaves with petioles 3–4 mm long; the short erect floral peduncle...

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Main Author:	Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis
Format:	Online
Language:	eng
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2017
Online Access:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/29710

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spelling	LANKESTERIANA297102022-10-01T15:42:32Z A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis A new species of Brachionidium was found on the highest mountains of the Central Jungle of Peru, on a wet Puna forest at 3470 m altitude. This species is similar to B. loxense and B. diaphanum but can be distinguished by its elliptic leaves with petioles 3–4 mm long; the short erect floral peduncle 2–3 mm long; the pink translucent sepals, red-wine toward the base; the floral bract spatuliform 15 × 5 mm; lip red-wine, bimarginated, trapezoidal, small, fleshy, obtuse acuminate, slightly prolonged lateral lobes antrorse and straight with a strongly pubescent cordate callus, split towards the apex.  A new species of Brachionidium was found on the highest mountains of the Central Jungle of Peru, on a wet Puna forest at 3470 m altitude. This species is similar to B. loxense and B. diaphanum but can be distinguished by its elliptic leaves with petioles 3–4 mm long; the short erect floral peduncle 2–3 mm long; the pink translucent sepals, red-wine toward the base; the floral bract spatuliform 15 × 5 mm; lip red-wine, bimarginated, trapezoidal, small, fleshy, obtuse acuminate, slightly prolonged lateral lobes antrorse and straight with a strongly pubescent cordate callus, split towards the apex. Universidad de Costa Rica 2017-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/29710 10.15517/lank.v17i2.29710 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2017: Early View. Lankesteriana: Volumen 17, Número 2 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2017: Lankesteriana: Volumen 17, Número 2 2215-2067 1409-3871 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/29710/29752
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description	A new species of Brachionidium was found on the highest mountains of the Central Jungle of Peru, on a wet Puna forest at 3470 m altitude. This species is similar to B. loxense and B. diaphanum but can be distinguished by its elliptic leaves with petioles 3–4 mm long; the short erect floral peduncle 2–3 mm long; the pink translucent sepals, red-wine toward the base; the floral bract spatuliform 15 × 5 mm; lip red-wine, bimarginated, trapezoidal, small, fleshy, obtuse acuminate, slightly prolonged lateral lobes antrorse and straight with a strongly pubescent cordate callus, split towards the apex.
title	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
title_short	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
title_full	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
title_fullStr	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
title_full_unstemmed	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
title_sort	new species of brachionidium (pleurothallidinae: orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the central jungle of peru
title_alt	A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru
publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate	2017
url	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/29710
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A new species of Brachionidium (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the high montane forest in the Central Jungle of Peru

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