A new species of Dichaea (Orchidaceae) for northern Brazil

Acta Amazonica

Jefferson José Valsko²  Amauri Herbert Krahl¹  Ana Sofia Sousa De Holanda¹  Charles Eugene Zartman¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Amazonas Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica Manaus AM ,Brasil

关键词: Taxonomy;    Amazonas;    epiphyte;    dense ombrophilous forest;    Taxonomia;    Amazonas;    epífita;    floresta ombrófila densa;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1809-4392201305162

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Dichaea is the largest genus of the subtribe Zygopetalinae and holds it's the highest species diversity in South America. Therefore, this study aims to describe a new species of Dichaea, which occurs in northern Brazil, Dichaea bragae Valsko, Krahl & Holanda. The new species was collected in the north of Manaus in an area of ombrophilous forest and flowered when cultivated. The epithet honors Dr. Pedro Ivo Soares Braga (in memoriam), orchidologist who conducted several studies in the Brazilian Amazon. This new species show a affinity with Dichaea tenuis C. Schweinf., however it is differentiated both vegetatively and on labellum morphology.

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