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Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-15
Page range: 77–84
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A new species of Andinia (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae) with unusual bearded flowers from Ecuador

Prague Botanical Garden, Trojská 800/196, Prague, Czech Republic Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, Prague, Czech Republic Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
Equaflor-a, Calle Pedro Álvarez Cabral 1-69, Cuenca, Ecuador
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
Andinia Ecuador Aenigma genome size phylogeny Monocots

Abstract

Andinia barbata is newly described based on cultivated material originally collected near Shaglli in Ecuador. It belongs to subgenus Aenigma and differs from all others in this group by the lanceolate lip, 2.5 times longer than wide, and unusually long and thick projections from the synsepal which gives a bearded appearance to the flowers. Phylogenetic placement under the genus is supported with reconstruction of a molecular phylogeny using nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid matK regions and the genome size estimation (1C-value = 1.38 pg) is provided.