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| Lepanthes carrizosana Gal.-Tar., Zuluaga & J.S. Moreno, in Moreno, Galindo-Tarazona et Tróchez, 2023. |
Abstract
A new species of Lepanthes from the southwestern Andes of Colombia is described, illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species. The new species was found in two localities in the municipality of San José del Salado, in the department of Valle del Cauca, where several new species have been found and described in the past several years.
KEYWORDS: Colombia, Dagua, Lepanthes, ORCHIDACEAE, San José del Salado, sistemática, Valle del Cauca,
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| Lepanthes carrizosana Gal.-Tar., Zuluaga & J.S. Moreno. A, Habit and plant; B, Flower; C, Dissected perianth; D, Lip, column and ovary; E, Lip expanded; F, Pollinia and anther cap. Drawing by J. S. Moreno based on the holotype. |
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| . In-situ photographs of Lepanthes carrizosana Gal.-Tar., Zuluaga & J.S. Moreno. A, Flower; B, Flower from the side; C, Habit and plant. In-situ photographs by R. Galindo-Tarazona. |
Lepanthes carrizosana Gal.-Tar., Zuluaga & J.S.Moreno, sp. nov.
Lepanthes carrizosana is most similar to Lepanthes darioi Luer & R.Escobar. It can be distinguished by having a pubescent, obovate, bilaminate lip with cuneate connectives (vs. narrowly ovate lip and oblong connectives), and a small appendix with a pair of minute apical lobes that come from a slightly short pubescent, concave base (vs. broadly triangular appendix held directly below the stigma).
Eponymy: The name of the new species honors Julio Carrizosa Umaña, a scientist, environmentalist and thinker with a great vision of the connection between environmental institutionalism and strategies aimed at sustainable development in Colombia. He was the Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies of the National University of Colombia from 1993 to 1998. He currently coordinates the Natural Parks Committee of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences. He has been designated a full member of the Colombian Society of Engineers, a full member of the Geographical Society of Colombia, vice president of the Colombian Society of Ecology in 1978, an honorary member of the Cartographic Society of Colombia and the Association of Fisheries Researchers, president of the Environment Committee of the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History between 1973 and 1976, and corresponding member of the Ecuadorian Institute of Natural Resources.
Juan Sebastián Moreno, Robinson Galindo-Tarazona, and Alejandro Zuluaga Tróchez. 2023. Lepanthes carrizosana, A New Species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the Southwestern Andes in Colombia. Harvard Papers in Botany. 28(1); 89-92. DOI: doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v28iss1.2023.n11 (30 June 2023)
Se describe, ilustra y compara una nueva especie de Lepanthes del suroeste de los Andes occidentales de Colombia con especies morfológicamente similares. La especie nueva fue encontrada en el municipio de San José del Salado en el departamento del Valle del Cauca donde se han encontrado y descrito varias especies nuevas en los últimos años.
Colombia, Dagua, Lepanthes, ORCHIDACEAE, San José del Salado, sistemática, Valle del Cauca
