Materials to the revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia Author Kolanowska, Marta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-5403 University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Lodz, Poland & Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Institute AS CR, Brno, Czech Republic Author Baranow, Przemyslaw https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-7211 Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland przemyslaw.baranow@ug.edu.pl Author Nowak, Slawomir Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland Author Fuentes, Alfredo Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia text PhytoKeys 2021 2021-11-29 186 11 41 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.71499 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.71499 1314-2003-186-11 16777115B7FE521383BEF4C3A4479D66 15. Cranichis stictophylla Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 62. 1920. Type . COLOMBIA . Madero s.n. (B†). Diagnosis. Plants 33-36 cm tall. Leaf 1, basal, petiolate; petiole 3-4 cm long; blade 4.5-6.5 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, ovate, acuminate, base subrounded-cuneate, white spotted. Scape glandulous-pilose toward the apex, enclosed in 5-6 sheaths. Inflorescence 3-6 cm long, cylindrical, sublaxly to subdensely 15-flowered. Flowers greenish-white, glabrous. Floral bracts 2.1-4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely glandular. Pedicellate ovary 7-7.5 mm long, densely glandular-ciliate. Dorsal sepal 2.9-3 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, oblong elliptical, obtuse, 1-veined. Petals 2.9-3 mm long, 0.7-0.8 mm wide, obliquely linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 1-veined. Lateral sepals 3 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm wide, obliquely elliptic-ovate, slightly concave at base, subacuminate, obtuse, obscurely 2-veined. Lip 2.5 mm long, 2.0-1.9 mm wide, slightly concave, sessile, ovate, rounded or obtuse; disc with 3 or 5 dendritic thick branching veins, with prominent nodules. Gynostemium 1-1.3 mm long. Fig. 17 . Figure 17. Cranichis stictophylla Schltr. A Floral bract. B Dorsal sepal. C Petal. D Lateral sepal. E Lip. Drawn by P. Baranow from M. Nee 40653 (LPB). Habitat and ecology. Terrestrial in Tucumano-Boliviano cloud forest and disturbed forest with Prumnopitys Phil. ( Podocarpaceae ), Myrtaceae , Dicksonia L'Her . ( Dicksoniaceae , and Cyathea Kaulf. ( Cyatheaceae ) at altitudes between 2100-2200 m. Flowers in June. Representative specimens. BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz : Prov. Florida, 7 km NE of Mairana. Southern limit of expanded Parque Nacional Amboro , entering from Mairana, 2200 m. 2 June 1991. M. Nee 40653 (LPB!), Prov. Vallegrande, 5 km de Loma Larga a Vallegrande. 7 June 1996. M. Kessler et al. 6352 (LPB!). Fig. 2 . Notes. This species is often considered as conspecific with C. diphylla (e.g. Garay 1978 ) from which it differs, e.g., in having a 1-veined dorsal sepal.