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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, ...
Plastid phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within the orchid family and provides a solid timeframe for biogeography and macroevolution
(2021)
Recent phylogenomic analyses based on the maternally inherited plastid organelle have enlightened evolutionary relationships between the subfamilies of Orchidaceae and most of the tribes. However, uncertainty remains within ...
Evolutionary diversification and historical biogeography of orchidaceae in Central America with emphasis on Costa Rica and Panama
(2019)
In this thesis, I targeted the orchid genus Lepanthes, one of the six genera of angiosperms that surpasses 1,000 species in the Neotropics, as a study model to investigate the evolutionary processes that promoted species ...
Recent origin and rapid speciation of Neotropical orchids in the world's richest plant biodiversity hotspot
(2017)
The Andean mountains of South America are the most species‐rich biodiversity hotspot worldwide with c. 15% of the world's plant species, in only 1% of the world's land surface. Orchids are a key element of the Andean flora, ...
Pollination of Habenaria tridactylites (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae) on the Canary Islands
(2019)
We investigated the pollination of Habenaria tridactylites, an endemic orchid of the
Canary Islands. The entirely green, widely open flowers have a long spur containing
nectar. We carried out fieldwork, a molecular clock ...
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 ...
A new species of Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Costa Rica
(2013-03)
Trichosalpinx sanctuarii, a new species of Orchidaceae, subtribe Pleurothallidinae, is described and illustrated. It most resembles T. ringens, from which it is distinguished in the text. The new species is endemic to Costa Rica.
Un nuevo Platystele (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) de la parte central de Costa Rica
A New Platystele (Orchidaceae: Plaurothallidinae) from Central Costa Rica
(2010)
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Platystele, P. tausensis de Costa Rica. Es similar a P. propinqua pero difiere en las plantas y flores más pequeñas con sépalos más cortos, los pétalos y sépalos ciliados, fimbriados ...
Pleurothallis adventurae (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), eine neue Art aus einer unerforschten Region in Costa Rica
(2011)
A new species, Pleurothallis adventurae is illustrated and described from an unexplored region in southern Costa Rica. This species belongs to a small group of mostly South American species with, glaucous, dark green, long, ...
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 ...