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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16 December 2008
A New Species of Malaxis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Malaxideae) From The Venezuelan Andes
Germán Carnevali F. C,
Eliana J. Noguera Savelli
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Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature
Vol. 18 • No. 4
December 2008
Vol. 18 • No. 4
December 2008
Andes
IUCN Red List
Malaxis
Monumento Nacional Tetas de Niquitao y Guirigay
ORCHIDACEAE
Venezuela