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Illustrations and Studies in Neotropical Orchids. 2. A note on Pleurothallis luctuosa (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), with a new species
(2010)
The identity of Pleurothallis luctuosa, its taxonomic history and geographic distribution are discussed, and the species is described and illustrated. A new species from Costa Rica, P. neglecta, is described and illustrated. ...
Zygopetalinae novae et criticae (Orchidaceae)
(2019)
The new genus Pridgeonia, and eight new orchid species in the genera Benzingia, Daiotyla, Dichaea, Ixyophora, and Pridgeonia, all belonging to the subtribe Zygopetalinae, are described. Complete descriptions, with notes ...
Sobralia turrialbina (Orchidaceae : Sobralieae ): long cultivated and now described
(2016-12)
Sobralia turrialbina is described and illustrated from Costa Rica. The new species is compared with the morphologically similar S. chrysostoma, from which can be distinguished by the leaves restricted to the terminal third ...
Florae costaricensis subtribui Pleurothallidinis (Orchidaceae) prodromus II. Systematics of the Pleurothallis cardiothallis and P. phyllocardia Groups, and Other Related Groups of Pleurothallis with Large Vegetative Habit
(2021)
We discuss a group of Pleurothallis species mostly characterized by plants relatively tall for the genus, with stems more than 20 cm long and fasciculate inflorescences produced above the leaf from a spathaceous, sometimes ...
Pollination of Specklinia by nectar-feeding Drosophila: the first reported case of a deceptive syndrome employing aggregation pheromones in Orchidaceae
(2015)
Background and Aims The first documented observation of pollination in Pleurothallidinae was that of Endre ́s, who noticed that the ‘viscid sepals’ of Specklinia endotrachys were visited by a ‘small fly’. Chase would later ...
Trichocentrum Loyolicum, A New Species in the Genus Trichocentrum S. Str. (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae)
(2008)
A new species of Trichocentrum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) from southeastern Ecuador, T. loyolicum, is described and illustrated. Trichocentrum loyolicum is compared with T. pulchrum, from which it mainly differs by the ...
A just overtime discovery: another new species of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae) from Costa Rica
(2022-08-13)
Echinosepala truncata is described as new to science and illustrated from the holotype. It is compared
with E. tomentosa, from which it differs by the sparsely lanate ovary, the narrowly obovate, apically rounded synsepal, ...
Orchidaceae werckleanae: typification of Costa Rican orchid species described from collections by K. Wercklé
(2010)
A catalogue of 84 orchid species described by R. Schlechter from plants collected in Costa Rica by Karl Wercklé is presented. Lectotypification is provided for 60 of the 84 species. Previously lectotypified species, based ...
Phylogenetics of Stelis and closely related genera (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)
(2013)
Stelis, one of the largest genera within Pleuro- thallidinae, was recently recircumscribed to include a few hundred more species, most of which had previously been assigned to Pleurothallis. Here, a new phylogenetic anal- ...
Orchid taxonomy on a global scale: a network for data verification
(2018)
The genesis and early establishment of the Epidendra project are presented, reviewing the implications of taxonomic databasing on a global scale. The need for data verification and the adoption of an open systematic framework ...