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<mods:namePart>Leme, Elton M. C.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Collaborative Researcher, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, 22460 - 970, Brazil &amp; Research Associate, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, 34236, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Souza, Everton Hilo De</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, 44380 - 000, Brazil &amp; Centro Universitário Maria Milza (UNIMAM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Governador Mangabeira, Bahia, 44350 - 000, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Aona, Lidyanne Y. S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Souza, Fernanda V. D.</mods:namePart>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,235,283,305]" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">Diagnosis</emphasis>
:—This new species differs from 
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by: peduncle decurved (
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. erect), inflorescence pendulous (
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. erect), and petals strongly recurved at anthesis (
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. spreading to recurved), with apex acute (
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. acuminate).
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:— 
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do Conduru, próx. 
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Description:— 
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ca.
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, abaxially purplish-wine, densely white lepidote, adaxially greenish except for the purplish-vinaceous margins and central channel, inconspicuously and subdensely white lepidote, margins entire, apex apiculate and bearing a rigid mucro, mucro 
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decurved, 
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in diameter, green, densely to subdensely white lanate; 
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(excluding the petals); 
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subtriangular, 5–15 × 
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, acuminate-caudate, the proximal ones slightly exceeding the sepals, the distal ones slightly shorter than the ovary, spreading with the flowers, thin in texture (rather stramineous), entire, distinctly nerved, ecarinate, densely white lepidote of fimbriate trichomes. 
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number, subdensely and polystichously arranged, sessile, 
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distinctly asymmetrical, 8–9 × 
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; 
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narrowly subspathulate, apex acute, 
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15 × 
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, free, white, strongly recurved toward the apex, without any appendage, bearing 2 conspicuous linear callosities about equaling the middle of the anthers; 
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ca
</emphasis>
. 
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long, terete, white, the antesepalous ones free, the antepetalous ones adnate to the petals for 
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; 
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long, dorsifixed slightly below the middle, white, base distinctly bilobed, apex caudate; 
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conduplicate-spiral, cylindrical, white; the blades 
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. 
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long, margins minutely crenulate; 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1388,1452,1324,1350]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">ovary</emphasis>
subclavate, 
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long, 
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. 
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in diameter at distal end, green, densely to subdensely and minutely white lepidote, trichomes lacerate; 
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funnelform, 
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. 
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long; 
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apical; 
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obtuse. 
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and 
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unknown.
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<emphasis box="[523,808,1468,1494]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">Wittmackia conduruensis</emphasis>
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is known from its 
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region only. Its occurrence was documented in the neighboring counties of Uruçuca and Itacaré, in the southeast of 
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, as typical inhabitant of Atlantic Forest in low-altitude areas of 
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elevation, in the Serra do Conduru state park and adjacent areas. This new species is a typical epiphytic species of the understory, forming small groups of individuals on vertical tree trunks.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,429,1648,1674]" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">Conservation status</emphasis>
:—Its population is composed of few individuals, distributed in small populations (
<emphasis box="[1381,1407,1649,1674]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">ca</emphasis>
. 15 plants), scattered in the area, totalizing about 200 individuals are observed. This new species is only known in the municipalities of Uruçuca and Itacaré. In Uruçuca, it is located within the State Park of the Serra do Conduru (
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). The GeoCAT (
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Bachman 
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2011
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) estimated the extent of the occurrence of 
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to about 
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, while its area of occupancy is 12,000 Km² (AOO), classifying the species as critically endangered (CR). Therefor we advise to treat this species as a Critically endangered species (CR C2a (i, ii), following the IUCN criteria guidelines (
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).
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<emphasis box="[189,472,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">Wittmackia conduruensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lives in sympatry with 
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<emphasis box="[741,880,1901,1926]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">W. amorimii</emphasis>
(
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) 
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">W. carvalhoi</emphasis>
(
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) 
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</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
, 
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<emphasis box="[957,1092,1937,1962]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">W. gregaria</emphasis>
(
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) 
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, 
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<emphasis box="[473,645,1972,1998]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="243">W. ituberaensis</emphasis>
(
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) 
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, and other species of different genera.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,280,1277,1299]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">FIGURE 1. A</emphasis>
. Serra do Conduru State Park, general view of the type locality of 
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<emphasis box="[952,1196,1277,1298]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Wittmackia conduruensis</emphasis>
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. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1211,1227,1277,1298]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">B</emphasis>
. Natural population in the habitat growing as epiphyte. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[454,471,1313,1335]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">C</emphasis>
. Michelin Ecological Reserve, general view of the type locality of 
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<emphasis box="[1125,1336,1313,1334]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Wittmackia guedesiae</emphasis>
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. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1349,1366,1313,1334]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">D</emphasis>
. Natural population in the habitat growing as epiphyte. Photos: A, C) E.H.Souza, B) E.M.C.Leme, D) T.A.Silva.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,356,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Etymology:—</emphasis>
The name of this species is a direct reference to the State Park of the Serra do Conduru, a protected area where 
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<emphasis box="[265,547,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Wittmackia conduruensis</emphasis>
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was discovered.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,313,1483,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Phenology</emphasis>
: 
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This new species was observed flowering in August–September.
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Additional specimen examined (
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)
</emphasis>
:— 
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&amp; 
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<emphasis box="[1281,1342,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Leme</emphasis>
(
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!, 
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. 
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. 
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&amp; 
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(
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!); Uruçuca, road Uruçuca-Serra Grande, near km 23, 
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elevation, 
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, 
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<emphasis box="[1327,1331,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">.</emphasis>
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6059
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(
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); 
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, 
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„o, 
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west from the junction of 
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elevation, 14°20” 
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, 39°05” 
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, 
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">. Fiaschi 1883, A. Amorim, J. Jardim &amp; S Sant’Ana</emphasis>
(CEPEC!).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,385,1771,1797]" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Observations:—</emphasis>
According to the identification key provided by 
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, 
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<emphasis box="[1172,1451,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">Wittmackia conduruensis</emphasis>
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is the closest morphological relative of 
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<emphasis box="[609,786,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">W. ituberaensis</emphasis>
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due to the shape of its rosette (narrowly funnelform to subtubular), the entire leaf blades, the size of the simple cylindric inflorescence, and the exappendiculate white sepals, but can be distinguished from it by: epiphytic habit (
<emphasis box="[737,760,1880,1905]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. terrestrial), leaf blades densely white lepidote abaxially (
<emphasis box="[1421,1444,1880,1905]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. inconspicuously and sparsely white lepidote on both sides), peduncle decurved (
<emphasis box="[1023,1046,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. erect), inflorescence pendulous (
<emphasis box="[1421,1444,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. erect), petals longer (
<emphasis box="[371,397,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">ca</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis box="[495,518,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[531,565,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">ca.</emphasis>
<quantity box="[571,649,1951,1977]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="3" pageNumber="244" unit="mm" value="12.0">12 mm</quantity>
long), strongly recurved at anthesis (
<emphasis box="[1061,1084,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. spreading recurved), apex acute (
<emphasis box="[145,168,1988,2013]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. acuminate), antepetalous filaments higher adnate to the petals (
<quantity box="[896,991,1987,2014]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="6.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="244" unit="mm" value="5.5" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="5.0">5–6 mm</quantity>
<emphasis box="[998,1021,1988,2013]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[1036,1062,1988,2013]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">ca</emphasis>
. 
<quantity box="[1078,1165,1987,2014]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="3" pageNumber="244" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
long), and ovary densely to subdensely and minutely white lepidote (
<emphasis box="[626,649,2024,2049]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="244">vs</emphasis>
. sparsely and inconspicuously white lepidote), and green (vs. greenishyellow).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,255,1697,1719]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[518,535,1697,1718]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">A</emphasis>
. Habit. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[614,637,1697,1718]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">B.</emphasis>
Leaf in adaxial and abaxial view. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[973,996,1697,1719]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">C.</emphasis>
Leaf apex and adaxial view. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1283,1307,1697,1718]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">D.</emphasis>
Leaf apex and abaxial view. 
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Leaf sheath showing the adaxial face. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[657,675,1733,1754]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">F.</emphasis>
Median portion of the leaf blade in abaxial view highlighting the central channel. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,161,1769,1791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">G.</emphasis>
Inflorescence. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[307,332,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">H.</emphasis>
Inflorescence details. 
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Peduncle. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[666,684,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">J.</emphasis>
Flowers. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[778,803,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">K.</emphasis>
Floral bracts. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[939,961,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">L.</emphasis>
Peduncle bracts. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1128,1157,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">M.</emphasis>
Petals. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1231,1255,1769,1790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">N.</emphasis>
Sepals. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1334,1359,1769,1791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">O.</emphasis>
Stamens. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,154,1805,1826]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">P.</emphasis>
Stigma. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[241,266,1805,1827]" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">Q.</emphasis>
Ovary. Photos: E.H. Souza. Bars: A = 6 cm; B–D, F–G = 3 cm; E–H = 1.5 cm; I–J = 7 mm; K–L = 6 mm; M = 5 mm; N = 4 mm; P–Q = 2 mm.
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On the other hand, despite seemingly more distantly related, this new species can be compared to 
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<emphasis box="[1311,1444,1910,1935]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">W. gregaria</emphasis>
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, differing from it by the epiphytic habit (
<emphasis box="[586,609,1946,1971]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. terrestrial), less numerous leaves (8–12 
<emphasis box="[1071,1094,1946,1971]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. 
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number), shorter leaf blades (45–65 
<emphasis box="[298,321,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. 
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long), peduncle decurved (
<emphasis box="[760,783,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. erect), inflorescence pendulous (
<emphasis box="[1158,1181,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. erect), which is smaller (10–12 × 
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<emphasis box="[329,359,2018,2043]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs.</emphasis>
20 × 
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), flowers shorter (
<emphasis box="[738,764,2018,2043]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">ca</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis box="[864,887,2018,2043]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs</emphasis>
. 
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long), sepals smaller (8–9 × 
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<emphasis box="[1421,1451,2018,2043]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs.</emphasis>
11–12 × 
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), and petals smaller (15 × 
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<emphasis box="[748,778,2054,2079]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="245">vs.</emphasis>
18–20 × 
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).
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The pendulous inflorescence of 
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<emphasis box="[551,736,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="246">W. conduruensis</emphasis>
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is a very distinctive character in the genus. This feature is only reported for 
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<emphasis box="[276,454,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="246">W. pendulispica</emphasis>
(Leme &amp; L. Kollmann, 2013: 4) 
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which clearly differs from 
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<emphasis box="[136,321,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="246">W. conduruensis</emphasis>
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by its smaller size, inconspicuously spinulose leaf blades, smaller and yellow inflorescence (except for the white petals), the smaller flowers, and the appendaged petals.
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