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Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-11
Page range: 259–265
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A new species of Phragmipedium (Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae) from Peru

Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru Posgrado en Botánica Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica
Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA, USA The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL, USA
Monocots Junin selva central Peru Phragmipedium sect. Lorifolia

Abstract

A new species of Phragmipedium section Lorifolia, P. cabrejosii, is described and illustrated from Peru, and its affinities are discussed. It is mainly compared with P. caricinum, from which it is distinguished by the simple inflorescence, the elliptic dorsal sepal, that is apically white, the shorter, apically twisted pale yellow petals tinged with rose, and the ovate-subrhombic staminodial shield (vs. reniform).