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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844" ID-GBIF-Dataset="b3aa3126-1ce6-40bb-ac31-4422a65dde1f" ID-PMC="PMC8580958" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-184-55" ID-Pensoft-UUID="9457081CC66454339078981DCC8861D4" ID-PubMed="34776732" ModsDocID="1314-2003-184-55" checkinTime="1636022911470" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Horna, Luis Ocupa, Hagsater, Eric &amp; Jimenez, Marco M." docDate="2021" docId="87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 184: 55-66" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 184" docPubDate="2021-11-03" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844" docTitle="Epidendrum lufinorum Ocupa &amp; Hagsater 2021, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" id="9457081CC66454339078981DCC8861D4" lastPageNumber="55" masterDocId="9457081CC66454339078981DCC8861D4" masterDocTitle="A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru" masterLastPageNumber="66" masterPageNumber="55" pageNumber="55" updateTime="1668140495220" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Horna, Luis Ocupa</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Departamento de Orquideologia, Centro de Investigacion en Biologia Tropical y Conservacion-CINBIOTYC, Piura, Peru &amp; Departamento de Orquideologia, Instituto de Ciencias Antonio Brack, Lima, Peru &amp; Grupo Cientifico Calaway Dodson: Investigacion y Conservacion de Orquideas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Hagsater, Eric</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Jimenez, Marco M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Grupo Cientifico Calaway Dodson: Investigacion y Conservacion de Orquideas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador &amp; Vivero de Conservacion La Paphinia, Avenida del Ejercito y Juan Izquierdo, Zamora, Zamora Chinchipe, 190102, Ecuador</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2021</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2021-11-03</mods:number>
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<taxonomicName LSID="87EA92D4-77CA-5E82-A084-1188ECD2E11D" authority="Ocupa &amp; Hágsater" authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum" status="sp. nov.">
Epidendrum lufinorum Ocupa &amp;
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</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="55">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Drawing of Epidendrum lufinorum sp. nov. A habit B flower C dissected perianth D lip extended E column, lip and ovary, lateral view F lip in natural position, abaxial view G anther and pollinarium. Illustration by L. Ocupa from the holotype (L. Ocupa 211, HUT)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605547" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Epidendrum lufinorum sp. nov., photographed in situ at the type locality A habit with stem apex including inflorescence B close-up of a stem segment with a new growth in early stage C lateral view of flower D abaxial view of flower with ovary and apical vesicle. Photographs by L. Ocupa (based on the holotype: L. Ocupa 211)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605548" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparison and flowers close-up of the Laxicaule Group species A E. laxicaule (Photo by I. Rolando) B E. megalopentadactylum (Photo by F. Corcuera) C E. lufinorum sp. nov. (Photo by L. Ocupa)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605550" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 4C</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-04-03" country="Peru" elevation="1690" latitude="-5.086012" location="Villa Rica" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-78.886795" municipality="San Ignacio" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Cajamarca" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry name="Peru">Peru</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingRegion country="Peru" name="Cajamarca">Cajamarca</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingMunicipality>San Ignacio</collectingMunicipality>
, in a coffee plantation, close to the
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D:775D6837026DF50D007B8313BECADC80" country="Peru" latitude="-5.086012" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-78.886795" municipality="San Ignacio" name="Villa Rica" stateProvince="Cajamarca">Villa Rica</location>
, DDM
<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="south" minutes="5.1607" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-5.086012">5°5.1607'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="west" minutes="53.2076" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-78.886795">78°53.2076'W</geoCoordinate>
, elev.
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.69" unit="m" value="1690.0">1690 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ocupa 211</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
: HUT!)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Similar to
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
D.E.Benn &amp; Christenson, but differs in having smaller dorsal sepal (i.e. 2.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="cm" value="0.4">0.4 cm</quantity>
vs. 3.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="cm" value="0.6">0.6 cm</quantity>
) which is oblong-oblanceolate (vs. narrowly oblanceolate), with an obtuse apex (vs. acute), the linear and obtuse petals (vs. narrowly linear-lanceolate and acuminate), lip transversely cordate (vs. transverse), disc with 5 parallel and central ribs (vs. 5 parallel ribs projecting distally), a gibbous vesicle (vs. globose) and the stem section terete (vs. elliptic).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605547" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Drawing of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">B</emphasis>
flower
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
dissected perianth
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">D</emphasis>
lip extended
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E</emphasis>
column, lip and ovary, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">F</emphasis>
lip in natural position, abaxial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">G</emphasis>
anther and pollinarium. Illustration by L. Ocupa from the
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">L. Ocupa</emphasis>
211, HUT).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Epiphytic
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">herb</emphasis>
, monopodial, branching, pendulous, slender, about 72 cm long including inflorescence.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Roots</emphasis>
2 mm in diameter, basal, white, fleshy.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stems</emphasis>
ca. 65 cm long, terete in cross section, new shoots produced from sub-apical nodes of primary stem, enveloped by tubular, fleshy, articulated, green with vinaceous spotted sheaths, membranaceous near leaf abscission, articulate and leaf-bearing above.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Leaves</emphasis>
5.5-7.2
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0.38-0.4 cm, linear, sessile, distichous, fleshy, semi-terete, descending, facing downwards, sulcate below, apex obtuse; sheaths 2.5-5.0 cm long, tubular, appressed, green with vinaceous spots as well as leaves.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Inflorescence</emphasis>
7 cm long, apical, pendulous, 1-2-flowered, covered to mid portion by 3 successive, imbricating sheaths; peduncle ca. 4.4 cm long, terete, green with pale vinaceous spots; rachis 2 cm long, terete; sheaths 0.8-2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.2-0.3 cm, green with vinaceous spots, ensiform, tubular, laterally compressed, ancipitous, apex acute, decreasing in size.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Floral bracts</emphasis>
2.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5 mm, fawn-colored with vinaceous spots, longitudinally triangular, minute, apex acuminate, base truncate.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovary</emphasis>
ca. 2 cm long, pedicellate, green with vinaceous spots, progressively thickened towards apex, slightly recurved, with 3 longitudinal furrows, one adaxially and two laterally, forming a ventral gibbose vesicle at the apex with basal portion of column.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Flowers</emphasis>
1-2, lax, pendulous, resupinate, unscented; sepals and petals green, dorsally tinged reddish brown, abaxially with vinaceous spots and white margin; lip cream, becoming amber as it ages; column light green with vinaceous dorsal side.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Dorsal sepal</emphasis>
2.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4 cm, free, oblong-oblanceolate, arched forward, 5-veined, slightly concave in middle portion towards apex, 3-canaliculate abaxially, margins attenuate, apex obtuse.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Lateral sepals</emphasis>
2.3
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0.75 cm, free, obliquely oblong-oblanceolate, arched forward, 5-veined, slightly convex at base towards middle portion, margin slightly revolute, involute in middle portion towards apex, apex acute, dorsally keeled.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Petals</emphasis>
2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.2 cm, free, linear, slightly incurved, slender, 1-veined, longitudinally somewhat oblique, obtuse, margins slightly recurved.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Lip</emphasis>
2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2.0 cm, 3-lobed, transversely cordate, apex emarginate, fleshy, rigid, strongly revolute in natural position, margin entire; lateral lobes 11.9
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
7.2 mm, semiorbicular when expanded; mid-lobe 15
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
7.5 mm, bilobate, ecallose, disc with 5 central, parallel, prominent, fleshy and thickened ribs, fused at base, disappearing in the middle of mid-lobe, the two most lateral ribs are much less prominent.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Column</emphasis>
13
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
4 mm, clavate, forming a prominent, ventral, gibbose vesicle at base with apical portion of ovary; clinandrium-hood much reduced, margin entire.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Anther</emphasis>
2.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2.1 mm, broadly elliptical, yellowish green.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Pollinia</emphasis>
4, fulvous, in 2 nearly equal pairs, obovoid, flattened at interfaces, caudicles attaching them in pairs, granulose, viscarium semi-liquid, translucent.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Capsules</emphasis>
not seen.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605548" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., photographed in situ at the type locality
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A</emphasis>
habit with stem apex including inflorescence
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">B</emphasis>
close-up of a stem segment with a new growth in early stage
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
lateral view of flower
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">D</emphasis>
abaxial view of flower with ovary and apical vesicle. Photographs by L. Ocupa (based on the holotype:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">L. Ocupa</emphasis>
211).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="eponymy">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Eponymy.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
The epithet is an acronym formed by the first two letters of the names Luis (1966-), Fiorella (1993-) and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Noemí">Noemi</normalizedToken>
(1970-), parents and sister of the first author, to whom he wishes to dedicate this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Distribution, habitat and comments on the conservation of the species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
This species is currently known only from the type locality in the northern zone of Peru, near the base of the hill known locally as Cerro Parcos, in the village of Villa Rica, San
<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
de Lourdes district (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Species distribution map of the Laxicaule Group. Regions: 1 Cajamarca 2 Amazonas 3 Pasco 4 Junin Prepared by Luis Ocupa." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605549" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">3</figureCitation>
). The habitat of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is within an area with high agricultural activity such as the cultivation of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Coffea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Coffea arabica" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="arabica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Coffea arabica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rubiaceae</taxonomicName>
Juss.). No more individuals of this species were found in the surrounding areas, but a fertile individual (holotype) and some other small specimens growing as epiphytes on the trunks of
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. arabica" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="arabica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">C. arabica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
plants, occasionally sharing the same phorophyte with other orchid species such as
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Gongora" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Gongora aromatica" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aromatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Gongora aromatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rchb.f.,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Masdevallia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Masdevallia glandulosa" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Masdevallia glandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Königer">Koeniger</normalizedToken>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Stenia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Stenia calceolaris" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="calceolaris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stenia calceolaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Garay) Dodson &amp; D.E.Benn. and
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Telipogon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Telipogon astroglossus" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="astroglossus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Telipogon astroglossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rchb.f., which would support the hypothesis of a possible adaptation of this species to anthropized environments. However, its habitat continues to be fragmented as a consequence of tree felling, the expansion of agricultural crops and practices such as pruning and clearing coffee trees of epiphytic plants. The latter is a very common practice among the local population, as a way to maintain optimal conditions for the efficient production of coffee beans, however, it threatens the presence of the few individuals of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that may be growing.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605549" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Species distribution map of the
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Group. Regions:
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Cajamarca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">2</emphasis>
Amazonas
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">3</emphasis>
Pasco
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Junin Prepared by Luis Ocupa.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Most of the coffee crops were located near secondary forest patches with some individuals of trees as
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Meliaceae" genus="Cedrela" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cedrela odorata" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="odorata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Cedrela odorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Bignoniaceae" genus="Delostoma" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Delostoma integrifolium" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="integrifolium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Delostoma integrifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
D.Don,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Erythrina" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Erythrina edulis" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="edulis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Erythrina edulis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Triana ex Micheli and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Vochysiaceae" genus="Vochysia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vochysia vismiifolia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vismiifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Vochysia vismiifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Spruce ex Warm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was observed flowering in April, at the end of the rainy season in that region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="notes on laxicaule group">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Notes on
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
Group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
The combination of a monopodial pendulous habit, linear leaves, an apical inflorescence with few flowers, and a lip with a prominent ribbed disc places the new species in the informal
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
Group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
There are two species in the group, both presently known from Peru:
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. megalopentadactylum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Hagsater, E" journalOrPublisher="Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" publicationUrl="https://www.herbarioamo.org/index_archivos/Fascicle16_2.pdf" refId="B5" refString="Hagsater, E, Huayta, A, 2018. Epidendrum megalopentadactylum Hagsater &amp; Huayta. In: Hagsater E, Santiago E (Eds) The Genus Epidendrum, Part 12, Icones Orchidacearum 16(2): e1683. https://www.herbarioamo.org/index_archivos/Fascicle16_2.pdf" title="Epidendrum megalopentadactylum Hagsater &amp; Huayta. In: Hagsater E, Santiago E (Eds) The Genus Epidendrum, Part 12, Icones Orchidacearum 16 (2): e 1683." url="https://www.herbarioamo.org/index_archivos/Fascicle16_2.pdf" year="2018">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hágsater">Hagsater</normalizedToken>
and Huayta 2018
</bibRefCitation>
) reported in Junin and Pasco, respectively (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparison and flowers close-up of the Laxicaule Group species A E. laxicaule (Photo by I. Rolando) B E. megalopentadactylum (Photo by F. Corcuera) C E. lufinorum sp. nov. (Photo by L. Ocupa)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605550" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">4A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605550" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Comparison and flowers close-up of the
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
Group
</emphasis>
species
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Photo by I. Rolando)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. megalopentadactylum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Photo by F. Corcuera)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (Photo by L. Ocupa).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Among the two species belonging to the
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
group,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from which it differs in the shape and length of the dorsal sepal; the shape of the petals and the lip, disc ribs position of the lip; shape of the vesicle formed between the ovary and the column as well as the section of the stem.
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguished from the other species of the
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
group by the characteristics indicated in the
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Features distinguishing the species of Laxicaule Group." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9329D61126CECC81D23BADC45217C53A" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" tableUuid="9329D61126CECC81D23BADC45217C53A">1</tableCitation>
</emphasis>
. It is worth mentioning that the type specimen of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we collected is a plant consisting of a flowering primary stem, with a new secondary branch clearly visible in its early stage of development (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Epidendrum lufinorum sp. nov., photographed in situ at the type locality A habit with stem apex including inflorescence B close-up of a stem segment with a new growth in early stage C lateral view of flower D abaxial view of flower with ovary and apical vesicle. Photographs by L. Ocupa (based on the holotype: L. Ocupa 211)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605548" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">2B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="9329D61126CECC81D23BADC45217C53A" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9329D61126CECC81D23BADC45217C53A" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Table 1.</emphasis>
Features distinguishing the species of
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
Group.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. megalopentadactylum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Stem section</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Ancipitose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Terete</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Leaf size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
8.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.45-0.47 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
4.5-7.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5-2.5 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
5-7.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.38-0.4 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Inflorescence</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">6 cm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Sessile, compact</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">7 cm long</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Leaf shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Linear</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly lanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Linear</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Cross section leaf</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Semiterete</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Flat, conduplicate at base</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Semiterete</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Ovary length</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1.3-1.5 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1.6 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">2.0 cm</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Ovary vesicle</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Globose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Gibbose</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Number of flowers</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">3-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">3-5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Dorsal sepal size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
3.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.6 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
3.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Dorsal sepal shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly oblanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly elliptic-ovate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Oblong-oblanceolate</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Dorsal sepal apex</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Acute</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Acute</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Obtuse</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Lateral sepal size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.9 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
4.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.2 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.75 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Lateral sepal shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Obliquely oblong-oblanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly elliptic-ovate, slightly oblique</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Obliquely oblong-oblanceolate</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Petals size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.2 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
3.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.2 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Petals shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly linear-lanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Narrowly elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Linear</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
Petals
<normalizedToken originalValue="ápex">apex</normalizedToken>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Acuminate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Acute</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Obtuse</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Lip size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2.6 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
3.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.1 cm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">
2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2.0 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Lip shape and lobes</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Transverse, 3-lobed</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Suborbicular, entire</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Transversely cordate, 3-lobed</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Disc of lip</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">5-parallel ribs projecting distally</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">5-ribs</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">5-parallel and central ribs</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Column size</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1.25 cm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1.0 cm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">1.3 cm long</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Column shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Clavate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Straight</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Clavate</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
In May 2015, a specimen of another species,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">Epidendrum aff. laxicaule</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., was found growing as an epiphyte in a montane forest in the western part of Amazonas department in northern Peru, in the Cajaruro district of Utcubamba province, at an elevation of 1685 m. It was observed and validated with photographs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Other undescribed species of the Laxicaule Group found in Amazonas A, B, C Epidendrum aff. laxicaule sp. nov. and E. Epidendrum lufinorum D, E Epidendrum aff. megalopentadactylum sp. nov. Photographs by L. Pillaca (A, B, C) and L. Ocupa (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605551" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">5A, B, C</figureCitation>
) by Luis Pillaca and shows vegetative and morphological characteristics similar to those of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, it has flat and thick, narrow leaves, a much more prominent vesicle at the apex of the ovary and the narrower lip with three parallel and central ribs. Pillaca indicates that the area where the specimen was found has been destroyed due to agricultural encroachment.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605551" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Other undescribed species of the
<taxonomicName genus="Laxicaule" lsidName="Laxicaule" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">Laxicaule</taxonomicName>
Group found in Amazonas
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A, B, C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum laxicaule" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laxicaule">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum aff. laxicaule</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. and
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="E." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E." order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">E.</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ocupa &amp; Hagsater" authorityYear="2021" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum lufinorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lufinorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum lufinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">D, E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hagsater &amp; Huayta" authorityYear="2018" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Epidendrum aff. megalopentadactylum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. Photographs by L. Pillaca (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A, B, C</emphasis>
) and L. Ocupa (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">D, E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
A year later, in the same department, but in the province of Bagua, district of Aramango, a specimen of an additional species,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hagsater &amp; Huayta" authorityYear="2018" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Epidendrum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Epidendrum megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">Epidendrum aff. megalopentadactylum</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., was found as part of the private collection of Ricardo Saens Saavedra†. This specimen observed and photographed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Other undescribed species of the Laxicaule Group found in Amazonas A, B, C Epidendrum aff. laxicaule sp. nov. and E. Epidendrum lufinorum D, E Epidendrum aff. megalopentadactylum sp. nov. Photographs by L. Pillaca (A, B, C) and L. Ocupa (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/605551" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">5 D, E</figureCitation>
) by Luis Ocupa, presents morphological characteristics similar to
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="E. megalopentadactylum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalopentadactylum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">E. megalopentadactylum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as pendulous plants with flat leaves, conduplicate at the base, strongly laterally compressed and ancipitous stems and an entire lip, but is distinguished by the presence of a vesicle and the lip without ribs.
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