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Illustrations and Studies in Neotropical Orchids. 2. A note on Pleurothallis luctuosa (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), with a new species
(2010)
The identity of Pleurothallis luctuosa, its taxonomic history and geographic distribution are discussed, and the species is described and illustrated. A new species from Costa Rica, P. neglecta, is described and illustrated. ...
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 ...
A just overtime discovery: another new species of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae) from Costa Rica
(2022-08-13)
Echinosepala truncata is described as new to science and illustrated from the holotype. It is compared
with E. tomentosa, from which it differs by the sparsely lanate ovary, the narrowly obovate, apically rounded synsepal, ...
Orchids of Paradise
(2018)
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN The Italian explorer and navigator Cristoforo Colombo
(Christopher Columbus, c.1451–1506)
discovered the paradise during his fourth
voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, when
searching for a passage west ...
DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots
(2008-02-26)
DNA barcoding is a technique in which species identification is performed by using DNA sequences from a small fragment of the genome, with the aim of contributing to a wide range of ecological and conservation ...
Orchidaceae acostanae: typification of Costa Rican orchid species described by Rudolf Schlechter from collections by Guillermo Acosta
(2023)
Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) described several orchid taxa based on specimens collected in Costa Rica during the first half of the 20th century. Unfortunately, the type material kept at the Botanical Museum of Berlin-Dahlem ...
Phylogenetic reassessment of Specklinia and its allied genera in the pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae)
(2016)
The phylogenetic relationships within Specklinia (Pleurothallidinae; Orchidaceae) and related genera are re-evaluated using Bayesian analyses of nrITS and chloroplast matK sequence data of a wide sampling of species. ...
The Lankester Catalogue of Costa Rican Orchidaceae
(2023-12-30)
Abstract. This study presents an updated comprehensive catalogue of the Costa Rican orchid flora. We have documented 1684 species, four subspecies, 14 natural hybrids, and seven forms across 201 genera and two nothogenera, ...
How many species of Pleurothallidinae are there?
(2019)
Subtribe Pleurothallidinae is possibly the most species-rich of all orchid groups. Nevertheless, they are a young group of plants in terms of scientific learning. The last three decades have been the most active with respect ...
Orchidaceae tonduzianae: Typification of Costa Rican Orchidaceae Described from Collections of Adolphe Tonduz
(2016-12-31)
The Swiss botanist Adolphe Tonduz worked in Costa Rica from 1889 to 1920. For 20 years he carried out important activities as a plant collector and the curator of the largest Costa Rican herbarium beginning at the Instituto ...