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Myoxanthus chloe Luer 1982

  • 1. Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Apartado 302 - 7050, Costa Rica & gustavo. rojasalvarado @ uc. ac. cr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8918 - 0823
  • 2. Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Apartado 302 - 7050, Costa Rica & Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo. 11501 - 2060 San José, Costa Rica & Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo. 11501 - 2060 San José, Costa Rica & mario. blancocoto @ ucr. ac. cr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7369 - 5411
  • 3. Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Apartado 302 - 7050, Costa Rica & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Endless Forms, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands & akarremans @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5987 - 7710

Description

7. Myoxanthus chloe (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer (1982a: 36). (Fig. 12G)

Basionym Pleurothallis chloe Luer & Vásquez (1980: 362).

TYPE:— BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Chapre, epiphytic in cloud forest along the road to Tablas, alt. 2300 m, 9 Feb. 1980, Luer, Luer & Vásquez 5200 (holotype, SEL!).

Distribution: — Bolivia.

Notes:— This Bolivian endemic may produce up to 2 m proliferous plants,. It is similar to M. frutex, which is also found in Bolivia. However, it is distinguished from the latter by its whitish flowers and acute lateral lip lobes vs. yellowish to brownish flowers and lip margins obscurely angled.

Notes

Published as part of Rojas-Alvarado, Gustavo, Blanco, Mario A. & Karremans, Adam P., 2021, A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), pp. 211-258 in Phytotaxa 507 (3) on page 233, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5425729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
TYPE
Event date
1980-02-09
Verbatim event date
1980-02-09
Scientific name authorship
Luer
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Myoxanthus
Species
chloe
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Myoxanthus chloe Luer, 1982 sec. Rojas-Alvarado, Blanco & Karremans, 2021

References

  • Luer, C. A. (1982 a) A reevaluation of the genus Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae). Selbyana 7: 34 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 14425