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Brachionidium elzbietae and B. dorisiae spp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from Colombia

2017; Wiley; Volume: 36; Issue: 1_2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/njb.01546

1756-1051

Marta Kolanowska, Max Rykaczewski, Ramiro Medina Trejo, Dariusz L. Szlachetko,

Plant Diversity and Evolution

Two new species of the orchid genus Brachionidium are described and illustrated based on Colombian material. Both novelties are relatively large, stout and erect plants characterized by the presence of a glabrous callus lip. Brachionidium elzbietae sp. nov. resembles B. tuberculatum from which it differs by the long‐tailed sepals and lip lacking a glenion. Brachionidium dorisiae sp. nov. is similar to B. fornicatum , but is easily distinguished by its larger and shortly bifid synsepal. A key to identification of Colombian representatives of Brachionidium is provided the morphology of new species and their relatives is compared.