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Specklinia densifolia Solano, Licona & Edquen 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

2. Specklinia densifolia (Rolfe) Solano, Licona & Edquén, comb. nov.

≡ Pleurothallis densifolia Rolfe (1895: 260).

Type: — BOLIVIA: Yungas, 1890, M. Bang 216 [lectotype, here designated: GH-74200!; isolectotypes: BR-6585990!, MICH-1655586! MO-1183156! (Figure 10), NY-9225!, NY-9226!, PH-00030689! PH-00030690!, US-00093632].

Taxonomic discussion:— In the protologue, Rolfe (1895) mentioned Miguel Bang’s collection number 216. However, since this collection has several syntypes housed in different herbaria, it is necessary to designate a lectotype and some isolectotypes, as proposed above.

According to Rolfe (1895) S. densifolia is characterized by its densely caespitose habit with abbreviated stems; linear-oblanceolate, rounded leaves that gradually tapering toward the base into a petiole indistinguishable from the lamina; racemose inflorescence, up to 2.5 times longer than the leaf; peduncle longer than the leaf, somewhat zig-zag rachis; with up to 9 distichous, simultaneous yellow, concolorous flowers, ascendent; pedicels spaced along the rachis and longer than both the flower and ovary combined; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, acuminate-caudate; the lateral sepals fully fused, similar in shape to the dorsal but longer; petals obovate-oblong, obtuse and lip oblong, obtuse; column smaller than the petals.

Distribution:— Bolivia.

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/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF469BE8FE6C9811

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.16719058 (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)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF469BE8FE6C9811 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/283387202 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/311912/taxon/BC1A87D3A91FAA2CFF469BE8FE6C9811.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
BR, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US , GH
Material sample ID
BR-6585990!, MICH-1655586!, MO-1183156, NY-9225!, NY-9226!, PH-00030689, PH-00030690!, US-00093632 , GH-74200
Scientific name authorship
Solano, Licona & Edquen
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Specklinia
Species
densifolia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
isolectotype , lectotype