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Living in the clouds: A new high-elevation species of vanilla (orchidaceae, vanilloideae) from perú

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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 154-160 (7 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Phytotaxa (Volume 451, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 03/07/2020

Publication status

Published - 03/07/2020

ISSN

1179-3155

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85087659109

Abstract

Vanilla armoriquensis, a new species belonging to subgen. Vanilla, is described and illustrated based on living material from Peru. The new species is similar to V. costaricensis but can be easily distinguished by the larger sepals and petals, and a lip with a well-developed triangular apex, bearing a callus with prominent, broad keels, that has an orange coloration at the base and above the middle.

Funding Details

The authors thank the curators of SEL, MO, f, USM, and MOL for their kindness in allowing the revision of their collections. we are very grateful to Shirley Graham and Missouri Botanical Garden for granting the first author a fellowship to study their unique collection. The Universidad Científica del Sur is thanked for funding part of this project through the 2019-1 Thesis Projects funding contest, which allowed the fieldwork necessary to carry out this research. To Adam Karremans for his photographs of Vanilla costaricensis and comments that greatly contributed to the writing of the discussion. To SERfOR for the permit Nº AUT-IfL-2019-043 necessary for the collection of the biological material of this plant. we are very thankful to the Gerbi family for allowing access to the forests where the new species described here was first found. finally, Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado and an anonymous reviewer are thanked for their kind suggestions that improved this manuscript.
FundersFunding numbersUniversidad Científica del Sur-
USM
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