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A highly threatened new species of Vanilla from Costa Rica
Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Lehmann, Patricia (2018)A new species of Vanilla is described and illustrated from the southeastern tip of Costa Rica, close to the border with Panama. Vanilla karenchristianae was found in a region of the country that has no protected areas and ... -
A new and unusual species of Dichaea (Orchidaceae: Zygopetalinae) from Costa Rica
Pupulin, Franco; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2020)A new and florally unusual species of the genus Dichaea is described and illustrated from Costa Rica, where it is apparently endemic, and its relationships are discussed. Dichaea auriculata is compared with the group of ... -
A new Brachionidium (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the first botanical expedition to the Volcán Cacho Negro, Costa Rica
Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2016-12)A new species of Brachionidium from Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Brachionidium cornu-nigricum, from the Volcán Cacho Negro, a remote, previously unexplored location in Costa Rica, is most similar to B. filamentosum. ... -
A New Masdevallia (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from the White-Sand Forests of the Central Amazon, Brazil
Pessoa, Edlley M.; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2022-03-21)Masdevallia britoi, a new species in Masdevallia sect. Minutae, is described and illustrated from the central Amazon in Brazil. It is similar to M. wendlaniana but differs by shorter sepals that are internally white, shorter ... -
A new Platystele (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the western mountains of Colombia
Reina Rodríguez, Guillermo Alberto; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2018)A new species of miniature orchid, Platystele riograndense, endemic to the Pacific slope of the western Cordillera, Munici- pality of Restrepo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. Platystele riograndense ... -
A New Pleurothallis from Colombia, with a Note on Ancipitia and Colombiana (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)
Rodríguez Martínez, Lizeth; Rincón Useche, Cristian; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2015)A new species of Pleurothallis from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. Pleurothallis ottocari is similar to the Ecuadorian P. scoparum, but differs in the widely elliptic leaf, the smaller flowers, ... -
A new species and a new record of Malaxis (Malaxidinae) from Costa Rica
Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto (2022-04-25)We describe and illustrate a new species and a new record of Malaxis from the lower montane and montane forests of Costa Rica. Taxonomic descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation assessments are ... -
A new species of Acianthera (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia
Rincón González, Milton; Sierra Ariza, Mario Alexei; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2020-11-27)Acianthera Scheidweiler (1842: 292), a genus historically placed under the synonymy of Pleurothallis Brown (1813: 211), was reinstated by Pridgeon & Chase (2001) and redefined on the basis of molecular studies by Pridgeon ... -
A new species of Andinia subgen. Brachycladium (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Colombia
Vieira Uribe, Sebastian; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2017-08-18)A new species of Andinia belonging to A. subgenus Brachycladium from the eastern Andes of southern Colombia is described and illustrated. Andinia obesa is related to the A. nummularia species complex, characterized by the ... -
A new species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Colombia with a large and protruding column
Moreno, Juan Sebastián; Vieira Uribe, Sebastian; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2017)A new species of Lepanthes from the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, characterized by similar triangular sepals with a large and protruding column, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to ... -
A new species of Pabstiella (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae) from Ecuador
Ponert, Jan; Portilla Andrade, Mario; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Chumová, Zuzana; Trávnícek, Pavel (2021)Pabstiella elegans is newly described based on cultivated material originally collected near Chaucha in Ecuador. It belongs to the group of small, creeping species of Pabstiella section Mentosae and differs from its closest ... -
A new species of Stelis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Peru
Damian Parizaca, Landy Alexander; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2016-06)Stelis peruviana from the cloud forest of Yanatile, Cusco, Peru is described and illustrated. This new species is most similar to Stelis spathuliformis, from which it differs by its yellow flowers, shorter lanceolate sepals, ... -
A new Specklinia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Costa Rica and Panama
Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Rincón, Rafael; Gravendeel, Barbara (2013)A new species of Specklinia from the Cordillera de Talamanca in southern Costa Rica and western Panama is described and illustrated. Specklinia absurda most closely resembles Specklinia fuegi. It differs from that species ... -
A new Stelis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the western Andes of Colombia
Reina Rodríguez, Guillermo Alberto; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; López Machado, Francisco; Cruz Salcedo, Jimena (2020)Stelis excentrica, a new species endemic to the Cauca slope of the western Andes, municipality of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. It was found in the northern part of the Farallones de Cali ... -
A Note on Masdevallia zahlbruckneri and M. utriculata (Orchidaceae)
Oses Salas, Lizbeth Melissa; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2016-12-31)Masdevallia utriculata and M. zahlbruckeri are characterized and illustrated based on living plants from Costa Rica. The species are compared with each other on the basis of their general similar morphology. Their taxonomic ... -
A reappraisal of Neotropical Vanilla. With a note on taxonomic inflation and the importance of alpha taxonomy in biological studies
Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián; Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo; Cedeño Fonseca, Marco Vinicio; Damian Parizaca, Landy Alexander; Léotard, Guillaume (2020-12-23)Despite the long-standing cultural importance and botanical interest in Vanilla, many taxa belonging to the genus remain poorly understood. Vanilla species generally have broad geographical and ecological distributions. ... -
A reconsideration of the empusellous species of Specklinia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in Costa Rica
Pupulin, Franco; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Gravendeel, Barbara (2012-08-22)This paper focuses on the systematics of the Specklinia endotrachys species complex in Costa Rica. Traditionally considered a variable species, S. endotrachys is here treated as one of at least four, albeit closely related, ... -
A review of Acianthera subgenus Brenesia (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae), with a new species from Mexico
Solano Gómez, Rodolfo; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2023)Background and Aims: Brenesia was originally proposed to accommodate an odd taxon among the Orchidaceae subtribe Pleurothallidinae. This species is characterized by its sessile leaves, secondary stems covered by inflated ... -
A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)
Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo; Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2021-06-10)The taxonomic history, general description and distribution are provided for Myoxanthus. Morphological characterization of the vegetative and reproductive organs is illustrated with photographs. A list of the 52 accepted ... -
Additions to the Costa Rican Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)
Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2017)Pleurothallis cerea, a species described based on a specimen collected by Lankester in Costa Rica, and commonly placed under the synonymy of Myoxanthus octomeriae or M. congestus, is here recognized as distinct. The species ...