A new Maxillaria (Orchidaceae) from Panama and Colombia, and a Brazilian species found in Ecuador.
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2007Author
Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto
Neubig, Kurt M.
Whitten, W. Mark
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A new species from western Panama, Maxillaria curvicolumna M.A. Blanco & Neubig is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by its rhizomatous habit; small, ovoid pseudobulbs subtended by a pair of narrow leaves with purple-spotted sheaths; a single terminal leaf; and white flowers with a sigmoid column. Maxillaria silvana Campacci, originally described from southern Bahia state in Brazil, is reported for the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador, and an augmented description is provided.
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