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 9. Cranichis longipetiolata C. Schweinf., Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 21: 268. 1952. Type . PERU . Ferreyra 3120 ( lectotype , designated by Garay (1978 : 200): AMES!, isolectotype: USM; UGDA-DLSz!-drawing). Diagnosis. Plants up to 29-37 cm tall. Leaf 1, basal, petiolate; petiole 10.5-14 cm long; blade 8-10 cm long, ca. 5.0 cm wide, oblong-elliptical to ovate, oblique, acute or shortly acuminate, cuneate to subcordate at base. Scape glabrous below, finely pubescent or ciliate above, with 3-5, non-foliaceous sheaths. Inflorescence 5-7 cm long, conical, subdensely many-flowered . Flowers greenish or greenish-white. Floral bracts 4.3 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous. Pedicellate ovary 6.2 mm long, glandular. Dorsal sepal 4.1-5.0 mm long, 1.2-2.1 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, subacute, concave, 3-veined. Petals 3.3-4.0 mm long, 0.3-0.7 mm wide, obliquely linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, more or less oblique or curved, 1-veined, glabrous. Lateral sepals 4.2 mm long, 1.6-2 mm wide, obliquely elliptical, subacute to obtuse, 2-3-veined, margin very sparsely ciliate. Lip 3.2-3.6 mm long, 1.8-3.0 mm wide, deeply concave, basally gibbose, shortly unguiculate, obovate to suborbicular, apex rounded with a minute apiculus; disc with three transversely anastomosing veins. Gynostemium 1.8-2.0 mm long. Fig. 11 . Figure 11. Cranichis longipetiolata C. Schweinf. A Dorsal sepal. B Petal. C Lateral sepal. D Lip, front view. E Lip, side view. F Gynostemium. Drawn by P. Baranow from M. Mendoza & S. Acebo 912 (LPB). Habitat and ecology. Terrestrial in Yungas montane humid, and cloud forest, also in montane Tucumano-Boliviano forest, at altitudes between 2380-3000 m. Flowers in March. Representative specimens. Bolivia. Santa Cruz: J.M. Caballero, Comunidad Siberia, ca. 1-2 km arriba del pueblo de Siberia, sobre un camino vecinal, entrando hacia el Parque Nacional Amboro. 17°49.36'S , 64°45.14'W , 3001 m. 26 March 2004. M. Mendoza & S. Acebo 912 (LPB!), Vallegrande. Tucumano-Bolivano. 18°34 '28" S 64°02 '33" W , 2387 m. Parada et al. 4208 (LPB!). Fig. 2 . Notes. The lip of the specimen collected by Parada et al. 4208 (LPB) differs somewhat in shape from the typical form of that of C. longipetiolata , which is obovate rather than suborbicular in outline.