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New combinations and synonyms in the Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae)
(2013)
Twelve orchid species previously described in the genus Maxillaria are transferred to Heterotaxis, Inti, Pityphyllum, and Sauvetrea. In addition, 19 new heterotypic synonyms in Maxillariinae are presented; these and a few ...
Aristolochiaceae
(2020)
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica is a concise, illustrated guide to all of the species of native, naturalized and commercially cultivated vascular plants of this Central American country, which lies between Nicaragua and ...
Aristolochia gorgona (Aristolochiaceae), a new species with giant flowers from Costa Rica and Panama
(2002-05)
Aristolochia gorgona is described from the Atlantic watershed of Costa Rica and central and eastern Panama. It is similar to A. grandiflora Sw., with which it has been confused in the past. The extensive reported synonymy ...
A new species of Camaridium (Orchidaceae: Maxillariinae) from the cloud forests of Colombia
(2015)
Camaridium perezianum is described from the remnant cloud forests of Valle del Cauca Department (western range of the Andes, southwestern Colombia). This new species is most similar to C. nutantiflorum, from which it differs ...
Rapid evolution of a floral trait following acquisition of novel pollinators
(2021-04)
1. Changes in the pollinator assemblage visiting a plant can have consequences for reproductive success and floral evolution. We studied a recent plant trans-continental range expansion to test whether the acquisition of ...
Reproductive biology of Phragmipedium longifolium and floral anatomy associated with pollinator attraction in the genus
(2019-09)
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 ...
Two new species of Aristolochia series Thyrsicae (Aristolochiaceae) from southern Central America, with comments on morphologically similar species
(2021)
Aristolochia longissima and Aristolochia ornithorhyncha, two new species from the lowland moist forest from the Pacific watershed of southern Costa Rica and western Panama, are described and illustrated. Both species can ...
Bauhinia proboscidea
(2021)
Bauhinia proboscidea is a shrub or tree from 4 to 12 metres tall with a diameter from 10 to 25 cm when mature, sometimes reported as scandent. This species occurs on the Pacific slope of central and southern Costa Rica and ...
Conservación de orquídeas en una reserva privada de Palmares, Costa Rica
Orchid conservation in a private preserve at Palmares, Costa Rica
(2016-12)
Madre Verde Private Preserve, located in Palmares (Alajuela, Costa Rica) protects a forest relict surrounded by pastures, bushes and abandoned agriculture grounds. An inventory was conducted in this preserve to determine ...
In Memoriam: Dr. William Mark Whitten (1954−2019)
(2019)
The world of orchid academia was
rocked on April 12, 2019 when the
shocking and completely unexpected
news that Mark Whitten had passed
began to circulate. Many readers of
Orchids magazine may not be familiar
with ...