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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, ...
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 ...
Trichocentrum pupulinianum (Orchidaceae)
(2013-02)
The following article details the career of Lankester Botanical Garden's researcher Franco Populin. His work within this institution has generated an important growth for the research of orchid species in Costa Rica. This ...
A new Brachionidium (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the first botanical expedition to the Volcán Cacho Negro, Costa Rica
(2016-12)
A new species of Brachionidium from Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Brachionidium cornu-nigricum, from the Volcán Cacho Negro, a remote, previously unexplored location in Costa Rica, is most similar to B. filamentosum. ...
Brachionium kirbyi, a new species honoring the founder of the “Bosque de Paz” Orchid Project in Costa Rica
(2015)
A new species of Brachionidium from Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Brachionidium kirbyi is most similar to Brachionidium dressleri Luer. It can be recognized by the erect plants, up to 14 cm tall, often branching, ...
Specklinia lugduno-batavae (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae), a new species in the S. digitalis group
(2015)
Specklinia lugduno-batavae from the Caribbean lowlands of Nicaragua and Costa Rica is formally described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the Specklinia digitalis group and can be recognised by the creeping ...
Epidendrum alieniferum
(2013)
The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...
Beyond the various contrivances by which orchids are pollinated: global patterns in orchid pollination biology
(2023)
Orchidaceae show remarkable diversity in pollination strategies, but how these strategies vary globally is not entirely clear. To identify regions and taxa that are data-rich and lend themselves to rigorous analyses or are ...