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+obpyriform, globose calli).
+</paragraph>
+</subSubSection>
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+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFAEFFA6FF239954FCD7FA2D" blockId="2.[136,1452,604,2034]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FA8A9F5CFA6DFBF0" box="[1313,1451,1108,1134]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">dorsal sepal</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FD039F70FC86FB0C" box="[680,832,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">lateral sepals</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FE479F94FDF4FB28" box="[492,562,1180,1206]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Petals</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FCB69E00FCB0FABC" box="[797,886,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Column</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FB2B9E24FACFFAD8" box="[1152,1289,1324,1350]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">clinandrium</emphasis>
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+wide, brownish green.
+</paragraph>
+</subSubSection>
+<subSubSection id="45FC09C7FFAEFFA6FF169EB4FDC2F86C" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" type="distribution">
+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFAEFFA6FF169EB4FAA8F884" blockId="2.[136,1452,604,2034]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FF169EB4FDD7FA48" bold="true" box="[189,529,1468,1494]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Distribution and ecology:—</emphasis>
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+canton in the province of 
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FF239D9CFE8BF930" box="[136,333,1684,1710]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Stelis neowerneri</emphasis>
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+</emphasis>
+In this area, the local flora is dominated by 
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FB8E9DB0FB43F94C" box="[1061,1157,1720,1746]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Gynoxys</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FB679DB1FA9BF94C" box="[1228,1373,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Praegynoxys</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FAC69DB1FA6DF94C" box="[1389,1451,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">sensu</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FF459DD5FEE2F968" box="[238,292,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">et al.</emphasis>
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+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FD939DD4FBC0F968" authority="Mansfeld (1925: 436)" authorityName="Mansfeld" authorityPageNumber="436" authorityYear="1925" box="[568,1030,1756,1783]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Macleania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="farinosa">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FD939DD4FCD4F968" box="[568,786,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Macleania farinosa</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FBBA9DD5FB1EF968" box="[1041,1240,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Psammisia fissilis</emphasis>
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFAEFFA6FB779DD4FA61F968" author="Smith, A. C." box="[1244,1447,1756,1783]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" pagination="317 - 393" refId="ref8044" refString="Smith, A. C. (1950) Studies of South American plants, XII. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 29: 317 - 393." type="journal article" year="1950">Smith (1950: 372)</bibRefCitation>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FF239C08FE00F884" box="[136,454,1792,1818]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Sphyrospermum cordifolium</emphasis>
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+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FD589C08FB26F884" authority="Smith (1953: 469)" authorityName="Smith" authorityPageNumber="469" authorityYear="1953" box="[755,1248,1792,1819]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Themistoclesia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="recondita">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FD589C08FBCAF884" box="[755,1036,1792,1818]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Themistoclesia recondita</emphasis>
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+).
+</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFAEFFA6FF169C2CFDC2F86C" blockId="2.[136,1452,604,2034]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">
+Occasionally, 
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FEF79C2CFDF2F8A0" box="[348,564,1828,1854]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Elleanthus loxensis</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FDC89C40FCEFF8FC" box="[611,809,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Gynoxys reinaldi</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FB5F9C40FAB8F8FC" box="[1268,1406,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Hedyosmum</emphasis>
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+), 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FEF09C64FCF1F818" authority="Drake (1889: 74)" authorityName="Drake" authorityPageNumber="74" authorityYear="1889" box="[347,823,1900,1926]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Macleania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="poortmanni">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FEF09C64FDA7F818" box="[347,609,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Macleania poortmanni</emphasis>
+Drake (1889: 74)
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+, 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FCE39C65FECDF834" authority="(Bentham 1844: 141) Hooker ex Hoerold (1909: 269)" authorityName="Hoerold" authorityPageNumber="269" authorityYear="1909" baseAuthorityName="Bentham" baseAuthorityPageNumber="141" baseAuthorityYear="1844" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Macleania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="salapa">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FCE39C65FC7AF818" box="[840,956,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">M. salapa</emphasis>
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+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFAEFFA6FC649C64FB71F818" author="Bentham, G." box="[975,1207,1900,1926]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" refId="ref5879" refString="Bentham, G. (1844) Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis mexicanas adjectis nonnullis Grahamianis enumerat novasque describit 141. Plantae Hartwegianae. Societate Lineana Londinensi, London, 393 pp." type="book" year="1844">Bentham 1844: 141</bibRefCitation>
+) Hooker ex 
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFAEFFA6FAFB9C64FECDF834" author="Hoerold, R." pageId="2" pageNumber="211" pagination="251 - 334" refId="ref6982" refString="Hoerold, R. (1909) Systematische Gliederung und geographische Verbreitung der amerikanischen Thibaudieen. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13: 251 - 334." type="book chapter" year="1909">Hoerold (1909: 269)</bibRefCitation>
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+) and 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FE6C9C98FC01F834" authority="Reichenbach (1876: 27)" authorityName="Reichenbach" authorityPageNumber="27" authorityYear="1876" box="[455,967,1936,1962]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Telipogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ionopogon">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAEFFA6FE6C9C98FD73F834" box="[455,693,1936,1962]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="211">Telipogon ionopogon</emphasis>
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFAEFFA6FD109C98FC01F834" author="Reichenbach, H. G." box="[699,967,1936,1962]" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" pagination="17 - 98" refId="ref7701" refString="Reichenbach, H. G. (1876) Orchidiographische Beitraege. Linnaea: Ein Journal fur die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 41: 17 - 98." type="journal article" year="1876">Reichenbach (1876: 27)</bibRefCitation>
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+). Its terrestrial 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAEFFA6FAA49C98FABEF835" box="[1295,1400,1936,1963]" form="was" pageId="2" pageNumber="211" rank="form">form was</taxonomicName>
+also seen in the La Argelia-La Palma road which occurs along the crest of the mountain range just southwestern of the 
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+basin within the province of 
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+</paragraph>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FF239C5DFF38F8F4" bold="true" box="[136,254,1877,1899]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
+Lankester Composite Dissection Plate (LCDP) of 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAFFFA7FD4C9C5DFC67F8F4" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" box="[743,929,1877,1898]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="212" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FD4C9C5DFC67F8F4" box="[743,929,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Elleanthus loxensis</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FC069C5DFC02F8F4" bold="true" box="[941,964,1877,1898]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">A.</emphasis>
+Habit with a close-up of the internode of a branch (A1) and a leaf in adaxial view (A2). 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FE5F9C71FDCCF810" bold="true" box="[500,522,1913,1934]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">B.</emphasis>
+Detail of the inflorescence with a flower in frontal view (B1). 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FBC29C71FB47F811" bold="true" box="[1129,1153,1913,1935]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">C.</emphasis>
+Dissected flower with a closeup of the apical margin (C1) and corpuscules of the lip (C2). 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FD4C9C95FD39F82C" bold="true" box="[743,767,1949,1970]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">D.</emphasis>
+Lip, column and ovary in lateral views with a longitudinal section of the lip showing the column and corpuscules. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FD969CC9FD92F848" bold="true" box="[573,596,1985,2006]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">E.</emphasis>
+Column in ventral and ¾ views. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAFFFA7FC3C9CC9FC6FF848" bold="true" box="[919,937,1985,2006]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">F.</emphasis>
+Pollinarium and anther in adaxial and abaxial views. Elaborated by Nadia Lapo-González based on photographs of the type.
+</paragraph>
+</caption>
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+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFA8FFA0FF239C42FD05F836" blockId="4.[136,1451,1866,1960]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA8FFA0FF239C42FF38F8C1" bold="true" box="[136,254,1866,1888]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA9FFA1FF169B96FEA2FF26" bold="true" box="[189,356,158,184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">Etymology:—</emphasis>
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+and combined with its disappearing habitat the new species should be considered as Vulnerable (VU) in accordance with the 
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+criteria B2ab (v,iii) and C1. Despite this, fortunately, 
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+is found in the El Madrigal of Podocarpus and Tapichalaca reserves, and its occurrence is expected throughout the nearby Podocarpus National Park, by which the conservation of this species has hope.
+</paragraph>
+</subSubSection>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA9FFA1FF169866FE2CFC16" bold="true" box="[189,490,878,904]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">Taxonomic discussion:—</emphasis>
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+, both of which show a slender habit (as opposed to robust); inflorescences that are longer than broad; of which the spathes are small and the column without a hood over the anther (
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+). The new species is distinguished from the latter by the shorter stems branching along its length. In contrast, 
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+long and elongate column); and the pollinia being brownish green (
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+dark purple to blue) (
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+). Other important features observed are the clinandrium with rectangular and falcate wings at the apex (
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA9FFA1FC589E6FFBD7FA1E" box="[1011,1041,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">vs.</emphasis>
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+short triangular) (
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+).
+</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFA9FFA1FF169EA6FCD2F93E" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">
+The new species is also similar to 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA9FFA1FD9A9EA6FCC3FA56" authorityName="Schlechter" authorityYear="1912" box="[561,773,1454,1480]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="214" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scopula">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA9FFA1FD9A9EA6FCC3FA56" box="[561,773,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">Elleanthus scopula</emphasis>
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+).
+</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFA9FFA1FF169DA2FB1FF87A" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">
+Another species where the stems branch throughout and exhibit white flowers is the Peruvian 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA9FFA1FA9F9DA2FF33F976" authorityName="Dudek, Baranow, Kolanowska &amp; Rykaczweski" authorityYear="2017" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="214" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albiflorus">
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+</taxonomicName>
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+with a thin transverse thickening between the concave part and the apical part); the subreniform calli (
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+4.0 mm long).
+</paragraph>
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+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFAAFFA2FF239C5BFC59F8F4" blockId="6.[136,927,1875,1898]" box="[136,927,1875,1898]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAAFFA2FF239C5BFF38F8F6" bold="true" box="[136,254,1875,1897]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
+Distribution of 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFAAFFA2FE3C9C5CFD97F8F7" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" box="[407,593,1876,1897]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="215" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFAAFFA2FE3C9C5CFD97F8F7" box="[407,593,1876,1897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Elleanthus loxensis</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+in the southern region of Ecuador.
+</paragraph>
+</caption>
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+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFABFFA3FF239C5DFBEDF811" blockId="7.[136,1451,1877,1935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFABFFA3FF239C5DFF39F8F4" bold="true" box="[136,255,1877,1899]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
+Montane cloud forests in southern Ecuador. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFABFFA3FD1C9C5DFD09F8F4" bold="true" box="[695,719,1877,1898]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">A.</emphasis>
+Tapichalaca Reserve. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFABFFA3FC019C5EFC06F8F5" bold="true" box="[938,960,1878,1899]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">B.</emphasis>
+El Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFABFFA3FA9A9C5DFA8FF8F5" bold="true" box="[1329,1353,1877,1899]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">C.</emphasis>
+Slopes of Cerro Toledo near Yangana. Photos: by Marco M. Jiménez (A, B) and Henry Garzón-Suárez (C).
+</paragraph>
+</caption>
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+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFA4FFACFF239C5DFE93F82D" blockId="8.[136,1452,1877,1971]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFF239C5DFF3BF8F5" bold="true" box="[136,253,1877,1899]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFEA99C5DFE04F8F4" box="[258,450,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA4FFACFEA99C5DFE78F8F4" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" box="[258,446,1877,1898]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="8" pageNumber="217" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">Elleanthus loxensis</taxonomicName>
+.
+</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFE6C9C5DFE3CF8F5" bold="true" box="[455,506,1877,1899]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">A, B.</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFE549C5EFDFDF8F5" box="[511,571,1878,1899]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">In situ</emphasis>
+photographs in the El Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFBFD9C5DFB4CF8F5" bold="true" box="[1110,1162,1877,1899]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">C, D.</emphasis>
+Plant in flower in Tapichacala Reserve. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA4FFACFF4A9C72FF31F811" bold="true" box="[225,247,1914,1935]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">E.</emphasis>
+The first author is photographing the new species in Tapichalaca Reserve. Photos: by Marco M. Jiménez (A, B) and James H. Muchmore Jr. (C–E).
+</paragraph>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFF239C5DFF3BF8F4" bold="true" box="[136,253,1877,1899]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
+Similar species of 
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFE1F9C5DFDDDF8F4" box="[436,539,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Elleanthus</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFD409C5DFCC5F8F4" bold="true" box="[747,771,1877,1898]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">A.</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFCA39C5DFC0FF8F4" box="[776,969,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA5FFADFCA39C5DFC03F8F4" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" box="[776,965,1877,1898]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="9" pageNumber="218" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">Elleanthus loxensis</taxonomicName>
+.
+</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFC659C5DFC22F8F4" bold="true" box="[974,996,1877,1898]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">B.</emphasis>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFC429C5DFB7FF8F4" box="[1001,1209,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Elleanthus maculatus</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFB159C5DFB10F8F5" bold="true" box="[1214,1238,1877,1899]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">C.</emphasis>
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA5FFADFB779C5DFA63F8F4" authorityName="Dudek, Baranow, Kolanowska &amp; Rykaczweski" authorityYear="2017" box="[1244,1445,1877,1898]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="9" pageNumber="218" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albiflorus">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFB779C5DFA63F8F4" box="[1244,1445,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Elleanthus albiflorus</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFF239C71FF66F810" bold="true" box="[136,160,1913,1934]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">D.</emphasis>
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA5FFADFF0E9C71FEA2F810" box="[165,356,1913,1934]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA5FFADFF0E9C71FEA6F810" authorityName="Schlechter" authorityYear="1912" box="[165,352,1913,1934]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="9" pageNumber="218" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scopula">Elleanthus scopula</taxonomicName>
+.
+</emphasis>
+Photos: by Rudy Gelis (A), Marco M. Jiménez (B), Henry X. Garzón-Suárez (C) and Luis Yupa (D).
+</paragraph>
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFF239FE9FF39FB69" bold="true" box="[136,255,1249,1271]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
+Comparison of 
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+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFE349FE9FD9CFB68" box="[415,602,1249,1270]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Elleanthus loxensis</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+based on the holotype and 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFCC19FEAFBECFB68" box="[874,1066,1249,1271]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">M.M. Jiménez 2196</emphasis>
+(left) and 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFB389FEAFAD5FB68" authorityName="Reichenbach" authorityYear="1863" box="[1171,1299,1249,1271]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="maculatus">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFB389FEAFAD5FB68" box="[1171,1299,1249,1271]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E. maculatus</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+based on 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFADC9FEAFECDFA85" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">M.M. Jiménez 2285</emphasis>
+and 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFE919E0EFEACFA85" box="[314,362,1286,1307]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">2291</emphasis>
+(right). 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFE119E0DFE14FA84" bold="true" box="[442,466,1285,1306]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">A.</emphasis>
+Leaves. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFD839E0EFDF8FA85" bold="true" box="[552,574,1286,1307]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">B.</emphasis>
+Floral bracts. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFD629E0DFD26FA85" bold="true" box="[713,736,1285,1307]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">C.</emphasis>
+Flower in lateral view. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFC6F9E0EFC1AFA85" bold="true" box="[964,988,1286,1307]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">D.</emphasis>
+Dissected flower. 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFB249E0EFB63FA85" bold="true" box="[1167,1189,1286,1307]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E.</emphasis>
+Column with a close-up of the apex and wings of the clinandrium. Photos by Marco M. Jiménez and Henry X. Garzón-Suárez (B1, D1).
+</paragraph>
+</caption>
+<paragraph id="0D595A4CFFA6FFAEFF169E66FF17F88A" blockId="10.[136,1452,1390,1812]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">
+In addition to morphological differences, there are also differences in their distribution and habitat. 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFA9F9E66FF24FA32" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFA9F9E66FF24FA32" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Elleanthus loxensis</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+grows at lower elevations from 
+<quantity id="CA1EF7A9FFA6FFAEFDF89E9AFCC1FA32" box="[595,775,1426,1452]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="2.8" metricValueMin="2.2" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" unit="m" value="2500.0" valueMax="2800.0" valueMin="2200.0">2200 to 2800 m</quantity>
+and is restricted to the warmer montane forests of southern 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFF239EBEFF23FA4E" box="[136,229,1462,1488]" name="Ecuador" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
+in the provinces of 
+<collectingRegion id="CF2294AEFFA6FFAEFE799EBEFDC3FA4E" box="[466,517,1462,1488]" country="Ecuador" name="Loja" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Loja</collectingRegion>
+and 
+<collectingRegion id="CF2294AEFFA6FFAEFDE99EBEFCDEFA4E" box="[578,792,1462,1488]" country="Ecuador" name="Zamora-Chinchipe" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Zamora Chinchipe</collectingRegion>
+, while according to 
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFA6FFAEFBAD9EBEFAD6FA4E" author="Dodson, C. H. &amp; Luer, C. A." box="[1030,1296,1462,1488]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref6163" refString="Dodson, C. H. &amp; Luer, C. A. (2010) Orchidaceae: Genera Cyrtochiloides-Epibator In: Harling, G. &amp; Persson, C. (Eds.) Flora of Ecuador 87. University of Goteborg and Swedish Museum of Natural History, Goteborg and Stockholm, 304 pp." type="book" year="2010">Dodson &amp; Luer (2010)</bibRefCitation>
+and 
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFA6FFAEFAE09EBEFF13FA6A" author="Valencia, J." pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref8203" refString="Valencia, J. (2020) Elleanthus maculatus. Species Orchidacearum 4. Icones Colombianae 4: LCDP 40." type="journal volume" year="2020">Valencia (2020)</bibRefCitation>
+, 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFF499ED3FEB3FA6A" authorityName="Reichenbach" authorityYear="1863" box="[226,373,1498,1524]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="maculatus">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFF499ED3FEB3FA6A" box="[226,373,1498,1524]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E. maculatus</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+grows at slightly higher altitudes from 2400 up to 
+<quantity id="CA1EF7A9FFA6FFAEFC179ED2FBD4FA6A" box="[956,1042,1498,1524]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" unit="m" value="3300.0">3300 m</quantity>
+with a wider distribution across the montane and high Andean forests and paramos from 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFD789EF6FC8AF986" box="[723,844,1534,1560]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
+to 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFCC59EF6FC02F986" box="[878,964,1534,1560]" name="Bolivia" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
+. 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFC659EF6FB65F986" authorityName="Schlechter" authorityYear="1912" box="[974,1187,1534,1560]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scopula">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFC659EF6FB65F986" box="[974,1187,1534,1560]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Elleanthus scopula</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+also grows at relatively higher elevations ranging from 2700 to 3500, where it is seen mostly as a terrestrial orchid in high Andean forests and paramos widely distributed from 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFD9A9D4EFD6DF9FE" box="[561,683,1606,1632]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
+to 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFD7A9D4EFCE5F9FE" box="[721,803,1606,1632]" name="Bolivia" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
+(
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFA6FFAEFC989D4EFBEDF9FE" author="Dodson, C. H. &amp; Luer, C. A." box="[819,1067,1606,1632]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref6163" refString="Dodson, C. H. &amp; Luer, C. A. (2010) Orchidaceae: Genera Cyrtochiloides-Epibator In: Harling, G. &amp; Persson, C. (Eds.) Flora of Ecuador 87. University of Goteborg and Swedish Museum of Natural History, Goteborg and Stockholm, 304 pp." type="book" year="2010">Dodson &amp; Luer 2010</bibRefCitation>
+). This wide distribution, however, may inadvertently incorporate some other (erroneously identified) species, as was seen in some accessions of 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFA389D63FF24F936" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez &amp; Iturralde" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="loxensis">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFA389D63FF24F936" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E. loxensis</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+having been labeled in herbaria as “ 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFDD79D87FD34F936" authorityName="Schlechter" authorityYear="1912" box="[636,754,1678,1704]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scopula">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFDD79D87FD34F936" box="[636,754,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E. scopula</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+”. To the south, the Peruvian endemic 
+<taxonomicName id="CAE621CFFFA6FFAEFB349D87FAEDF936" authorityName="Dudek, Baranow, Kolanowska &amp; Rykaczweski" authorityYear="2017" box="[1183,1323,1678,1704]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Elleanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albiflorus">
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFB349D87FAEDF936" box="[1183,1323,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">E. albiflorus</emphasis>
+</taxonomicName>
+also grows as a terrestrial orchid but is seen in lower premontane forests at elevations not exceeding 
+<quantity id="CA1EF7A9FFA6FFAEFBD29DBAFB14F952" box="[1145,1234,1714,1740]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" unit="m" value="2100.0">2100 m</quantity>
+. The distribution is much more limited in lateral extent, where it appears restricted to the department of 
+<collectingRegion id="CF2294AEFFA6FFAEFB919DDEFBB8F96E" box="[1082,1150,1750,1776]" country="Peru" name="Pasco" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Pasco</collectingRegion>
+, central 
+<collectingCountry id="75F11ADCFFA6FFAEFB769DDEFAD6F96E" box="[1245,1296,1750,1776]" name="Peru" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Peru</collectingCountry>
+(
+<bibRefCitation id="697727BDFFA6FFAEFAB49DDEFF03F88A" author="Dudek, M. &amp; Baranow, P. &amp; Kolanowska, M. &amp; Rykaczewski, M." pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="256 - 262" refId="ref6370" refString="Dudek, M., Baranow, P., Kolanowska, M. &amp; Rykaczewski, M. (2017) Elleanthus albiflorus (Orchidaceae) a new, white-flowered species from Peru. Phytotaxa 312 (2): 256 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 312.2.8" type="journal article" year="2017">
+Dudek 
+<emphasis id="3F92865EFFA6FFAEFAD89DDFFA6AF96E" box="[1395,1452,1750,1776]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al.</emphasis>
+2017
+</bibRefCitation>
+).
+</paragraph>
+</subSubSection>
+</treatment>
+</document>
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