Echinosepala, IN

Pupulin, F., Álvarez-Alcázar, L. & Bogarín, D., 2022, A just overtime discovery: another new species of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae) from Costa Rica, Blumea 67 (2), pp. 109-112 : 112

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2022.67.02.03

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987FB-ED31-CA69-E632-FE4AFD7DF8C8

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Echinosepala
status

 

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ECHINOSEPALA IN View in CoL

COSTA RICA

(updated from Pupulin et al. 2020)

1. Callus of the lip with an inverted U-shaped callus (pseudoglenion) at the base............................ 2

1. Callus of the lip with the basal callus smooth to rugulose9

2. Inflorescences produced from the lower nodes of the stem ............................................ 3

2. Inflorescences produced from the apex of the stem... 4

3. Sheaths of the radical glabrous. Leaves ligulate,> 3 cm wide. Sepals shortly tomentose abaxially.... E. expolita View in CoL

3. Sheaths of the ramicauls hirsute. Leaves narrowly linearlanceolate, < 2.5 cm wide. Sepals long-echinate abaxially........................................ E. pan View in CoL

4. Mature plants < 25 cm tall. Flowers small; synsepal < 12 mm long; lip up to 4 mm long................ 5

4. Mature plants> 30 cm tall. Flowers large; synsepal> 15 mm long; lip> 7 mm long....................... 7

5. The synsepal abaxially with stiff hairs along the veins........................................ E. vittata View in CoL

5. The synsepal adaxially tomentose................ 6

6. Synsepal elliptic,> 11 mm long, apically subacute. Petals oblanceolate; lip apex subacute........ E. tomentosa View in CoL

6. Synsepal narrowly obovate-oblong, < 9 mm long, apically rounded. Petals spathulate; lip apex truncate E. truncata View in CoL

7. Ovary and abaxial surface of the sepals tomentose; adaxial surface of sepals spiny................. E. expolita View in CoL

7. Ovary and abaxial surface of the flowers warty; adaxial surface of sepals verruculose.................... 8

8. Pedicel < 3 cm long; flowers purple-maroon; lip elliptic, purple-red, apex acute................. E glenioides View in CoL

8. Pedicel> 6 cm long; flowers yellow-orange; lip sub rectangular, yellow, apex truncate....... E. longipedunculata View in CoL

9. Inflorescences produced from the lower nodes of the stem ........................................... 10

9. Inflorescences produced from the apex of the stem.. 11

10. Dorsal sepal narrowly triangular-lanceolate E. lappiformis View in CoL

10. Dorsal sepal broadly oblong............... E. stonei View in CoL

11. Leaves ligulate. Flowers autogamous, mostly cleistoga- mous, rarely opening, adaxially warty, midlobe of lip ovate, narrower than the lip base............. E. alexandrae View in CoL

11. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers not autogamous, opening at anthesis, adaxially subglabrous, midlobe of lip transversely rectangular, as wide as the lip base....... E. isthmica View in CoL

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