Studies on Costa Rican Vanilloideae: the return of Cleistes rosea and a reaffirmation of Epistephium ellipticum

 

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Autori: Karremans, Adam P., Chinchilla, Isler F., Rojas-Alvarado, Gustavo
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Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2023
Descrizione:Subfamily Vanilloideae represents a small fraction of the orchid flora of Costa Rica, and yet our knowledge of this predominantly South American group has significantly increased in the last two decades. Until recently, Vanilloideae was represented in Costa Rica by just two genera: Cleistes and Vanilla, with one and seven species, respectively. Today, up to 13 species of Vanilla are shown to occur in the country, we evidence the presence of a second species of Cleistes and confirm the presence of a third genus  Vanilloideae in Costa Rica: Epistephium. The rare Cleistes rosea and Epistephium ellipticum are fully illustrated on the basis of Costa Rican materials with Lankester Composite Digital Plates (LCDP). The typification of Cleistes rosea is discussed and a color illustration is provided of C. costaricensis for comparison.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/58136
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/58136
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Keyword:Cleistes costaricensis
Cleistes rosea
Epistephium ellipticum
new country records
Orchidaceae
typification