A taxonomic revision of Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae) in Costa Rica is presented. The taxonomic history of the genus, its phylogenetic position and nomenclatural issues are discussed. Characters of vegetative and floral ...

Die Gattung Trichosalpinx gehört zur Subtribus Pleurothallidinae und wurde vor 30 Jahren von C.A. LUER (1983) neu beschrieben. Später wurde sie in vier Untergattungen, Trichosalpinx, Tubella, Pseudolepanthes und Xenia (LUER ...

Pleurothallidinae is the largest Neotropical orchid subtribe encompassing >5100 species that are mainly dipteran-pollinated. Various pollination syndromes, targeting hump-backed flies (Phoridae), fungal gnats (Sciaridae), ...

Pollinaria are complex structure, in many cases composed of different elements that originate from different parts of the reproductive organs of the plant.

Trichosalpinx minutipetala, considered a synonym of T. memor since 1997, is here recognized as a distinct species.

Phragmipedium is a genus with 21 species restricted to the tropics and subtropics from Central and South America. As it is a genus capable of producing seeds from both self- and cross-pollinated flowers, it is an ideal ...

Aim: We conduct a biogeographical assessment of orchids in a global biodiversity hotspot to explore their distribution and occurrences of local hotspots while identifying geographic attributes underpinning diversity ...

A new species of Trichosalpinx from the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Trichosalpinx reflexa, which is morphologically most similar to T. memor and T. ciliaris, is distinguished mainly by the ...

Kefersteinia retanae G. Gerlach, Brenesia 52: 75. 1999 [2000]. Type: Costa Rica. San José: Pérez Zeledón, Peña Blanca, 2,000 feet (600 m), flowered in cultivation at Münich Botanical Garden, June 1992, prepared on the ...

Descripción de especie Sobralia abel-arayae