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Specklinia crepidophylla Solano & Licona. Photograph 2025, comb. nov.

Creators

  • 1. Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas, Calle Universitaria 304, Chachapoyas, 01001, Amazonas, Peru
  • 2. Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSM), Jr. Maynas 177, Tarapoto, 22201, San Martín, Peru
  • 3. Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae - Filial Rioja, Jr. Santa Cruz cdra 4 s. n., sector Nuevo Eden, Nueva Cajamarca, 22846, San Martín, Peru
  • 4. Pukuni Consultores y Servicios Generales SAC, Jr. Francisco de Zela 1078 Inter. 501, Jesus Maria, 17073, Lima, Peru
  • 5. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida de los Barrios 1, Tlalnepantla de Baz, 54090, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
  • 6. Orquiecuador y Gloxinias, Sucre y García Moreno, esquina frente al Parque central, Piñas, 071050, El Oro, Ecuador
  • 7. Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70 - 367, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
  • 8. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Hornos 1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan, 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico

Description

1. Specklinia crepidophylla (Rchb.f.) Solano & Licona, comb. nov.

≡ Pleurothallis crepidophylla Reichenbach (1878: 18).

≡ Humboltia crepidophylla (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891: 667).

Type: — ECUADOR: Chimborazo: Alausí, río Chimbo, 700 ft, “an Baumstämmen. April 1877. 700 ft”. F.C. Lehmann s.n. (holotype: W-0049043 [include an analytical drawing of the flower]! (Figure 8).

Taxonomic discussion:— According to Reichenbach (1878), Specklinia crepidophylla (Figure 9) is characterized by its caespitose habit with abbreviated stems; elliptic to obovate-elliptic, obtuse, margined leaves, purplish or green and tinged with purple, abruptly tapering at the base into a short petiole; racemose inflorescence, up to twice the length of the leaf, erect, peduncle slightly longer than the leaf; with up to 6 secund, simultaneous, ascendent flowers, pedicel shorter than the flower’s length, sepals yellow with red stripes along the veins; dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, acute, the lateral ones fused into an elliptic, acute synsepal, shortly 2-lobed; petals lanceolate, falcate, obtuse; lip oblong, obtuse.

Distribution:— Ecuador.

Specimens examined: — ECUADOR. Azuay: Cordillera de Molleturo, above río Shumiral, 650 m, 27 January 1992, Luer et al. 16190 (MO!); El Oro: Cantón Pasaje, pasando el control Quera, vía a Chilla, 200-300 m, 05 May 2015, Zambrano B. s.n. (QCNE!); Esmeraldas: Epiphytic in forest west of Lita, 300 m, 12 January 1992, C. Luer, A. & X. Hirtz, P. & A. Jesup, M. Evans & J. del Hierro 15573 (MO!).

Notes

Published as part of Edquén, José D., Yrigoín, Elmer, Enco, Mabel, Edquen, Kely, Velásquez, Roger, Casanova, Rómulo, Aguirre, Miluska L., Velásquez, Wiilly, Arista, Jessy P., Licona, Ethian, Oliva-Cruz, Manuel, Zambrano, Bosco J., Salazar, Gerardo A. & Solano, Rodolfo, 2025, New records and nomenclatural notes in the Specklinia grobyi complex (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from Peru, including the description of a new species from the western Amazon, pp. 213-231 in Phytotaxa 704 (3) on page 225, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/16719012

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF4698D8FCF59D99

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.16719048 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.16719054 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/16719012 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/4023FFABA913AA20FFCE982CFFA19E0F (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF4698D8FCF59D99 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/283387207 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/311912/taxon/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF4698D8FCF59D99.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
W
Material sample ID
W-0049043
Event date
1992-01-12 , 1992-01-27 , 2015-05-05
Verbatim event date
1992-01-12 , 1992-01-27 , 2015-05-05
Scientific name authorship
Solano & Licona. Photograph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Specklinia
Species
crepidophylla
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Specklinia crepidophylla (Solano, 2025) sec. Edquén, Yrigoín, Enco, Edquen, Velásquez, Casanova, Aguirre, Velásquez, Arista, Licona, Oliva-Cruz, Zambrano, Salazar & Solano, 2025

References

  • Reichenbach, H. G. (1878) Orchideae F. C. Lehmannianae Ecuadorenses. Otia Botanica Hamburgensia 1: 4-71.
  • Kuntze, O. (1891) 169. Orchidaceae. In: Kuntze, O. (ed.) Revisio Generum Plantarum Vascularium Omnium Atque Cellularium Multarum Secundum Leges Nomenclaturae Internationales cum Plantarum Exoticum in Itinere Mundi Collectarum. Pars 2. A. Felix, Leipzig, pp. 655-682. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124064