A New Species of Malaxis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Malaxideae) From The Venezuelan Andes

Germán Carnevali F. C; Eliana J. Noguera Savelli

doi:10.3417/2006171

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Germán Carnevali F. C,¹ Eliana J. Noguera Savelli²

¹Herbarium CICY, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 #130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida 97200, Yucatán, MexicoAuthor to whom reprint requests should be addressed: carneval@cicy.mx
²Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela “Dr. Tobías Lasser,” Av. Salvador Allende, Jardín Botánico de Caracas, Apartado 2156, Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela. Current address: Postgrado en Ciencias, Opción en Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación C

Abstract

A new species of Malaxis Solander ex Swartz (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Malaxideae), M. medinae Carnevali & Noguera Savelli, from Trujillo State in Andean Venezuela is proposed herein. The new taxon is related to the widespread M. soulei L. O. Williams, a species found from the southwestern United States southward into Panama. The plants, however, are smaller (to only 12.7 cm) and have proportionally longer peduncles (to 4.5 cm) that bear fewer flowers (12 to 25 per spike) with a much more triangular labellum with parallel apical teeth (vs. convergent in M. soulei).

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Germán Carnevali F. C and Eliana J. Noguera Savelli "A New Species of Malaxis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Malaxideae) From The Venezuelan Andes," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 18(4), 425-428, (16 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.3417/2006171

Published: 16 December 2008

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