A new species of Cyrtochilum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

A new species of Cyrtochilum from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to the pink-flowered Cyrtochilum distans but is distinguished by its white and yellow-green flowers with spreading sepals and a pink lip with a basally yellow and apical...

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Autores: Gutiérrez Morales, Nicolás, Harding, Patricia, Dalström, Stig, Moreno, Juan Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33098
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/33098
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:eastern Colombia
new Cyrtochilum
Oncidiinae
Orchidaceae
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Sumario:A new species of Cyrtochilum from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to the pink-flowered Cyrtochilum distans but is distinguished by its white and yellow-green flowers with spreading sepals and a pink lip with a basally yellow and apically white callus consisting of two parallel keels (vs. pink lateral sepals that are fused to about half or more of their length and a white callus consisting of two basal and two apical spreading keels).