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Resolving relationships in an exceedingly young Neotropical orchid lineage using Genotyping-by-sequencing data
(2020-03-01)
Poor morphological and molecular differentiation in recently diversified lineages is a widespread phenomenon in plants. Phylogenetic relationships within such species complexes are often difficult to resolve because of the ...
Masdevallia luerorum (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from Costa Rica
(2017)
Masdevallia luerorum from the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica is described and illustrated. It resembles M. lata, but differs in the single flowered inflorescence, the shorter sepals, the broad and cylindrical sepaline ...
Lepanthes elusiva – a New Species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Tapantí Area in Cartago, Costa Rica and a Glance to Other Species of the Genus in a Small Area Around the Río Grande de Orosi in Costa Rica
Lepanthes elusiva – eine neue Art der Gattung (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) aus der Tapantí-Region in Cartago, Costa Rica, und ein Streifblick auf einige andere Arten in einem kleinen Gebiet entlang des Río Grande de Orosi in Costa Rica
(2019)
With about more than 120 species, Lepanthes is one of the
most species-rich orchid groups represented in Costa Rica.
Here, we describe and illustrate a new species from the Tapantí
National Park, a megadiverse area in ...
Lepanthes arenasiana (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from Costa Rica
(2010-01)
Lepanthes arenasiana from the Talamanca range in Costa Rica is described and illustrated. It is most similar to L. lancifolia but differs in having denticulate sepals, the petals with the upper lobe oblong, narrowing at ...
A new Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the northern Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica
(2011-12-23)
A new species of Trichosalpinx from the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Trichosalpinx reflexa, which is morphologically most similar to T. memor and T. ciliaris, is distinguished mainly by the ...
Phylogenetic reassessment of Acianthera (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae)
(2016-12-31)
The phylogenetic relationships within the Acianthera affinity are re-evaluated using Bayesian analyses of nrITS and chloroplast matK sequence data. Emphasis is made on species from the Antilles, Central America and the ...
Two novelties in genus Platystele (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Costa Rica
(2017)
Two new species of Platystele allied to P. oxyglossa complex are described from Costa Rica. Platystele carl-lueriana can be distinguished from P. catiensis and P. oxyglossa by the compact inflorescence that barely exceeds ...
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 ...
Florae costaricensis subtribui pleurothallidinis prodromus—Systematics of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae)
(2020-12)
We provide a general introduction to the prodromi to Flora Costaricensis, and an introduction to the precursors of subtribe Pleurothallidinae. We present a systematic revision of the genus Echinosepala for the flora of ...
The orchid flora of Barra Honda National Park, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(2021-06-30)
Barra Honda National Park (BHNP) lies in the Tempisque River Basin of the Península de Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
The Park is well known for its limestone caverns, which date from the Upper Paleocene–Lower Eocene and ...