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Issue: Vol. 587 No. 3: 16 March 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.3.6
Page range: 283-293
Abstract views: 49
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A New Overlooked Species of Cyrtopodium (Cymbidieae, Orchidaceae) from the Southern Andean Yungas and Chaco Serrano Ecoregions of Northern Argentina and Southwestern Bolivia

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-910, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Naturalist. Independent researcher, Resistencia-Chaco, Argentina.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-910, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
citizen science endemism online biodiversity databases Taxonomy xerophytic vegetation Monocots

Abstract

Cyrtopodium valebellae, a new species from northwestern Argentina and southwestern Bolivia, is described, illustrated, and compared with morphologically similar taxa. The species is similar to C. virescens in general morphology and flower colour but differs in floral morphology details, particularly in lip morphology and geographic distribution. All known records are from the Southern Andean Yungas and Chaco Serrano ecoregions, indicating that the species is endemic to these regions. Cyrtopodium valebellae has been known since 1965 but has been misidentified so far with C. paniculatum, C. punctatum or C. virescens. The new species was first noticed through photographs available on online biodiversity platforms, highlighting its usefulness as a complementary source of data for discovering new species.

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