Synopsis of the Peruvian species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) belonging to the Scabrum group, subgroup Soratae: diversity and description of a new species Author Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth 0000-0001-6676-0879 Programa de Investigación de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Asociación ANDINUS, Calle Miguel Grau 370, Sicaya, Huancayo, Junín, Perú. & Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Perú. & rusbeltharold @ gmail. com; hquispem @ continental. edu. pe; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6676 - 0879 rusbeltharold@gmail.com Author Llacua-Tineo, Elizabeth Santiago Ayala Yashira Stefani Author Hágsater, Eric 0000-0002-2371-9427 Herbario AMO, Montañas Calizas 490, Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, 11000, México. & erichag _ 1 @ msn. com; herbamo @ prodigy. net. mx; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2371 - 9427 erichag_1@msn.com text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-07-17 603 1 1 26 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.603.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.603.1.1 1179-3163 8153628 26. Epidendrum sp. 1 . Type :— PERU . San Martín : Rioja : Distr. Pardo Miguel Naranjos: sector Venceremos , 1800 m , 23 September 2021 , J . D. Edquén 5220 , (digital images, AMO !) . Distribution:— Peru , in the departments of San Martín and Huancavelica . The species has two separate records, San Martín (northern Peru ) and Huancavelica (central Peru ), both of which are found within the eastern Andes in wet montane forests. Notes:— Epidendrum sp. 1 is an unpublished species, so we provide no further details of the morphological characteristics that distinguish the species other than those given in the taxonomic key. Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient. Examined specimens:— PERU . Huancavelica : Tayacaja, Distr: Huachocolpa: inmediaciones de Bosque Amaru, 1999, León s.n. , (Collantes 2014: 149, Fig. 67).