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Myoxanthus parvilabius 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

37. Myoxanthus parvilabius (C.Schweinf.) Luer (1982a: 49). (Fig. 17D)

Basionym: Pleurothallis parvilabia Schweinfurth (1962: 14).

TYPE:— GUYANA. Serra Acarai, epiphytic on low tree, on rocky hill top, east of Onoro, 2 Oct 1952, Forestry Dept. G 340 Record No. 7316 (holotype: NY!).

Distribution: — Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

Notes:— Myoxanthus parvilabius is similar to M. xiphion but easily distinguished by its caspitose, prolific habit vs. caespitose not prolific and purplish flowers vs. yellowish. This species is here reported for the first time from Colombia based on a plant collected in Santander (Gutiérrez Morales 64 & Moreno, JBB-18745!, Fig. 17D).

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 244, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5425729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
G , TYPE
Material sample ID
G 340
Event date
1952-10-02
Verbatim event date
1952-10-02
Scientific name authorship
Luer
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Myoxanthus
Species
parvilabius
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Myoxanthus parvilabius 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
  • Schweinfurth, C. (1962) Novelties in the orchid flora of the Guayana highlands II. Botanical Museum Leaflets 20: 1 - 24.