Abstract:Neotropical genus Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav. belongs to one of the most diverse and species-rich groups of orchids. Several of its representatives are popular, horticultural plants with large and showy flowers, often nicely fragranced. It is not uncommon that some distinctly colored individuals are introduced to the commercial market under names of similar, more or less related species, as informal varieties or color forms, largely causing confusion. While investigating the diversity of Maxillaria in Ecuad… Show more
“…Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav. sensu lato is one of the most diverse orchid genera in the world, embracing about 651 species (Christenson et al 2012, Engels & Smidt 2023, Lipińska et al 2022, Schuiteman & Chase 2015. Plants of Maxillaria grow as epiphytes, lithophytes, or terrestrials in cloudy, wet, or more rarely in seasonally dry forests, from the United States (Florida) and Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Antilles (Schuiteman & Chase 2015).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The Andean countries of northern South America are the richest in Maxillaria species. Colombia and Ecuador together have more than 400 species recorded (Govaerts et al 2021, Ortiz Valdivieso & Uribe Vélez 2007, with several new species discovered and described in the last years (Moreno et al 2017, Szlachetko et al 2017, Zambrano-Romero et al 2020Lipińska et al 2022). Nonetheless, taxonomic studies for Maxillaria remain scarce in both countries, and new species can still be found (Zambrano-Romero & Solano-Gómez 2016).…”
Maxillaria andina, a new orchid species from high-Andean ecosystems of southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador, is described. The new species is distinguished by having long and narrowly linear white sepals and petals with revolute margins, lip with mucronate epichile, and callus without hairs or trichomes. Distinguishing characters are provided to differentiate it from morphologically similar species, along with ecological and taxonomical notes. Additionally, Maxillaria sibundoyensis is synonymized with Maxillaria floribunda.
“…Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav. sensu lato is one of the most diverse orchid genera in the world, embracing about 651 species (Christenson et al 2012, Engels & Smidt 2023, Lipińska et al 2022, Schuiteman & Chase 2015. Plants of Maxillaria grow as epiphytes, lithophytes, or terrestrials in cloudy, wet, or more rarely in seasonally dry forests, from the United States (Florida) and Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Antilles (Schuiteman & Chase 2015).…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Andean countries of northern South America are the richest in Maxillaria species. Colombia and Ecuador together have more than 400 species recorded (Govaerts et al 2021, Ortiz Valdivieso & Uribe Vélez 2007, with several new species discovered and described in the last years (Moreno et al 2017, Szlachetko et al 2017, Zambrano-Romero et al 2020Lipińska et al 2022). Nonetheless, taxonomic studies for Maxillaria remain scarce in both countries, and new species can still be found (Zambrano-Romero & Solano-Gómez 2016).…”
Maxillaria andina, a new orchid species from high-Andean ecosystems of southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador, is described. The new species is distinguished by having long and narrowly linear white sepals and petals with revolute margins, lip with mucronate epichile, and callus without hairs or trichomes. Distinguishing characters are provided to differentiate it from morphologically similar species, along with ecological and taxonomical notes. Additionally, Maxillaria sibundoyensis is synonymized with Maxillaria floribunda.
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