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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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Abstract

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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Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Marta Kolanowska, and Cristian Rincón-Useche "A New Species of Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae) from Colombia," Systematic Botany 38(2), 316-319, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364413X666822
Published: 1 June 2013
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orchids
Valle del Cauca
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