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| Telipogon leisberthvelezii Iturralde, M.M.Jiménez & H.Garzón, in Jiménez, Martel, Garzón-Suárez, Baquero, Mashendo et Iturralde, 2024. |
Summary
Telipogon leisberthvelezii Iturralde, M.M.Jiménez & H.Garzón, a new species of orchid, discovered in the Cordillera del Cóndor in southern Ecuador, is described and illustrated and its morphological similarities to other species are discussed. The new species is morphologically most similar to T. jostii (Dodson) N.H.Williams & Dressler but differs in the ellipsoid-obovoid petals with a bilobed base, the lip having a deltoid midlobe and dolabriform lateral lobes and a lower density of setae on the column. It is currently known from a single locality only, occurring as an epiphyte in lower montane forest.
Key Words: Lower montane forest, miniature Telipogon, southern Ecuador, Stellilabium, Telipogon jostii, Telipogon pogonostalix, Zamora Chinchipe Province
Telipogon leisberthvelezii Iturralde, M.M.Jiménez & H.Garzón sp. nov.
ETYMOLOGY. The species is named after Leisberth Vélez Abarca, an Ecuadorian orchidologist from El Pangui, who first spotted the plant here used as the type specimen. Thanks to his avid interest in orchid identification, he has described several new orchid species from the Cordillera del Cóndor region.
Marco M. Jiménez, Carlos Martel, Henry X. Garzón-Suárez, Luis E. Baquero, Viviana Mashendo & Gabriel A. Iturralde. 2024. Telipogon leisberthvelezii (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae), A New orchid Species from the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuador. Kew Bulletin. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-023-10145-5
