Epidendrum caparaoense (Orchidaceae), a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Authors: FORSTER, WELLINGTON; SOUZA, VINICIUS CASTRO

Source: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 155, Number 1, September 2007 , pp. 157-159(3)

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Abstract:

A new species of Orchidaceae, Epidendrum caparaoense W.Forst. & V.C.Souza, is described and illustrated. This species is known only from the type locality, Caparaó National Park, in Minas Gerais State, where it grows on low tree trunks in gallery forests, at approximately 1300 m. The taxon is distinct from the other species of the genus by its laterally compressed stems, a long tubular spathaceous bract at the base of the inflorescence, a labellum with the free portion three-lobed and the clinandrium with an entire margin. It is considered similar to E. geniculatum and E. hololeucum. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 155, 157-159.

Keywords: Brazil; Caparaó National Park; endemism; Laeliinae; Systematics

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00630.x

Publication date: 2007-09-01