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Costa Rica
(2014)
Costa Rica is a country with abundant and diverse freshwater ecosystems, which are influenced and characterized by different orographic precipitation regimes. This variety of habitats harbors great biological diversity, ...
Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl.
(2022)
Description of Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl.
Marine Insects
(2008)
Although insects are one of the most diverse groups of organisms on earth, relatively few species are found associated with marine habitats. The majority of these marine species live in intertidal or coastal habitats and ...
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. ...
Bombacaceae
(2020)
Como parte del proyecto del Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, la primera obra completa sobre las plantas vasculares con flores del país, se describen las 29 especies y 10 géneros de plantas pertenecientes a la familia ...
Prescottia Lindl. [with a new species, P. congesta]
(2022-02)
Species of Prescottia in the flora of Costa Rica are presented and discussed. A new species, Prescottia congesta Pupulin, is described and illustrated.
Epistephium Kunth
(2022)
The name Epistephium derives from the Greek epi-, upon,
and stephanos, crown, in reference to the crown-like calyculus
situated prominently at the seed capsule apex (Cameron 2003).
Epistephium is broadly distributed in ...
Pabstiella Brieger and Senghas [with a new combination]
(2020-02)
Species of Pabstiella from the flora of Costa Rica are presented and discussed. A new combination, Pabstiella aperta, is proposed, and the species is illustrated.
Malaxis Sw.
(2020-03-31)
The genus Malaxis was named in 1788 by Olof Swartz. The
name was based on malaxo, Greek for “softening,” apparently
referring to the soft or delicate leaves.
Traditionally Malaxis has been characterized in part by ...
Specklinia Lindl.
(2022)
Specklinia is a genus of 106 species in the Pleurothallidinae
subtribe. Its members are distributed from Mexico, through
Central America and the Antilles, to Bolivia and Brazil, with
the highest species and phylogenetic ...