Lepanthes queremalensis, a new species of Lepanthes from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. It shows a set of mixed characters of two other species: L. sinuosa (the cymbiform shape of the lip appendix) and L. ankistra (the shape of the leaf and the lip blades). A key to the Colombian species of Lepanthes section Lepanthes subsection Lepanthes series Mucronatae is presented. Information about its habitat, ecology and distribution is provided.
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1 June 2013
A New Species of Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae) from Colombia
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar,
Marta Kolanowska,
Cristian Rincón-Useche
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 38 • No. 2
June 2013
Vol. 38 • No. 2
June 2013
orchids
Valle del Cauca