Myoxanthus priapus Luer (1983a: 386)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5484833 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E3EF64D-FF83-8530-FF26-FD8CFE5BFB84 |
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Marcus |
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Myoxanthus priapus Luer (1983a: 386) |
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39. Myoxanthus priapus Luer (1983a: 386) View in CoL . (Fig. 17F)
TYPE:— ECUADOR. Loja: epiphytic in cloud forest east of Yangana, Altos de Numbala , 2800-2900 m, Jun 1982, D’Alessandro 195 (holotype: SEL!).
Distribution: — Ecuador and Peru.
Notes:— Myoxanthus priapus is similar to M. ortizianus with which it shares the purple-yellowish flowers covered abaxially by short trichomes with the lateral sepals forming a suborbicular synsepal and petals yellowish purple stripped, obovate to oblong basally, then contracted and lip with a thick erect callus near the base. It can be distinguished by the basal half of the petals oblong to obovate then narrow vs. apex of the petals narrower forming a slender tail and an oblong lip with small acute lateral lobes near the middle vs. lip weakly trilobed with rounded lateral lobes below the middle.
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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens |
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