Three new <i>Lepanthes</i> (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from south-east Costa Rica

Authors

  • Diego Bogarín Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, P. O. Box 302-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica. Herbario UCH, Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, P.O. Box 0427, Chiriquí, Panamá.
  • Adam P. Karremans Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, P. O. Box 302-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica. NCB Naturalis - NHN Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Franco Pupulin Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, P. O. Box 302-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica. Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Marie Selby Botanical gardens, Sarasota, FL, U.S.A.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v0i0.11748

Keywords:

orchidaceae, pleurothallidinae, lepanthes erubescens, lepanthes sandiorum, lepanthes sanjuanensis, new species, taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of Lepanthes from south-east Costa Rica are described and illustrated. Lepanthes erubescens resembles L. limbellata, from which it can be distinguished by the pendent plants, with inflorescences that borne above the leaf, the upper petal lobe ovate, acute, 1,3 mm wide, larger than the lower lobe, and the ovate lip. Lepanthes sandiorum resembles L. dolabriformis, however it can be distinguished by the smaller plants, the smaller flowers, the narrower petals, which are filiform, with the upper lobe oblong, rounded, entire and glabrous. Lepanthes sanjuanensis is similar to L. elegans, but it is distinguished by the green-purple, un-reticulated leaves, the petals with the upper lobe oblong, rounded, with the margins red, the lower lobe oblong, rounded, divergent at apex, and the pinkish or orange-red lip. Additional comments on the species are provided.

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Bogarín, D., Karremans, A. P., & Pupulin, F. (2013). Three new &lt;i&gt;Lepanthes&lt;/i&gt; (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from south-east Costa Rica. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v0i0.11748

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