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Pollination of Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
(2018)Pleurothallidinae (Epidendreae) are a megadiverse Neotropical orchid subtribe comprising > 5100 species, most of which are probably pollinated by Diptera. The role of pollinators as drivers of species diversity is largely ... -
Sistemas reproductivos en bromelias epífitas del género Werauhia J.R. Grant (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae): aseguramiento reproductivo y mecanismos de coexistencia reproductiva
(2021)La auto-fertilización es un cambio evolutivo en los sistemas reproductivos sexuales de las plantas con flores que conlleva el surgimiento de auto-compatibilidad y la capacidad de auto-polinización autónoma. Este fenómeno ... -
The New Refugium Botanicum. Paphiopedilum glanduliferum
(2018)Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein, Orchideenbuch 468, 1892. Basionym: Cypripedium glanduliferum Blume, Rumphia 4:56, 1849. Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19:41, 1895; homonym ... -
Phragmipedium (Pfitz.) Rolfe
(2020)The nomenclature of the tropical American lady-slippers has been somewhat confused. At first, the species were named as species of Cypripedium, a name now used only for a north temperate group of terrestrial species. ... -
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 ... -
The New Refugium Botanicum. Specklinia pfavii
(2019)Specklinia pfavii (Rchb.f.) Pupulin and Karremans, Phytotaxa 63: 8. 2012. Basionym: Pleurothallis pfavii Reichenbach (1886:555). TYPE: [Costa Rica or Panama]. Chiriquí, R. Pfau. s.n. (holotype, W). Synonyms: Masdevallia ... -
The New Refugium Botanicum. Bulbophyllum medusae
(2019)Bulbophyllum medusae (Lindl.) Rchb.f, Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 262. 1864. Cirrhopetalum medusae Lindl., Edwards’s Botanical Register 28: t.12. 1842. Phyllorchis medusae (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum ... -
The New Refugium Botanicum. Phragmipedium × talamancanum
(2019)Phragmipedium × talamancanum Pupulin and M.Díaz, Phytotaxa 382(2):177. 2018. Type: Costa Rica. Puntarenas, Coto Brus, vicinity of the Panamian border, epiphytic on fallen tree, legit C.H. Lankester and J.M. Lankester ... -
The strange case of Phragmipedium × talamancanum. An international story of conservation and taxonomy
(2019)The importance of cultivated plants in the discovery and the description of orchid diversity cannot be overestimated. During the 19th century and the beginning of the last century, the fundamental task of exploring ... -
A new Stelis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the western Andes of Colombia
(2020)Stelis excentrica, a new species endemic to the Cauca slope of the western Andes, municipality of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated. It was found in the northern part of the Farallones de Cali ... -
The genus Muscarella (Orchidaceae): two new synonyms
(2019-02-17)Recently, the new monospecific genus Vaginaella Vierling (2018: 19) was proposed to accommodate the proposed species Vaginaella stromatolithoides Vierling (2018: 19). After comparing the original description and illustration ... -
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 ... -
A new species of Pabstiella (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae) from Ecuador
(2021)Pabstiella elegans is newly described based on cultivated material originally collected near Chaucha in Ecuador. It belongs to the group of small, creeping species of Pabstiella section Mentosae and differs from its closest ... -
Reproductive biology of Phragmipedium longifolium and floral anatomy associated with pollinators attraction in the genus
(2019)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 ... -
The New Refugium Botanicum. Pleurothallis luna-crescens
(2020)Descripción de un espécimen de Pleurothallis luna-crescens -
On the meaning of Cypripedium × grande (Orchidaceae) and its taxonomic history, with a new name for the nothospecies occurring in Costa Rica and Panama
(2018-12-11)The taxonomic history of Phragmipedium × grande is traced to show that its current treatment as the cross between P. longifolium and P. humboldtii is untenable. According to our interpretation of the holotype and other ... -
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 ... -
Biogeographical analyses to facilitate targeted conservation of orchid diversity hotspots in Costa Rica
(2020-04-13)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 Phragmipedium (Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae) from Peru
(2019)A new species of Phragmipedium section Lorifolia, P. cabrejosii, is described and illustrated from Peru, and its affinities are discussed. It is mainly compared with P. caricinum, from which it is distinguished by the ... -
Illustrations and studies in Neotropical Orchidaceae: the Specklinia brighamii group (Pleurothallidinae) in Costa Rica
(2020)This paper focuses on the taxonomy and systematics of the species related to Specklinia brighamii and S. simmleriana in Costa Rica. The group also includes S. alexii, recorded for the first time for the country, S. acrisepala, ...