Myoxanthus colothrix (Luer) Luer (1982a: 36)

Rojas-Alvarado, Gustavo, Blanco, Mario A. & Karremans, Adam P., 2021, A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), Phytotaxa 507 (3), pp. 211-258 : 233

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5484785

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E3EF64D-FFB1-8502-FF26-FC24FBD0FAC9

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scientific name

Myoxanthus colothrix (Luer) Luer (1982a: 36)
status

 

9. Myoxanthus colothrix (Luer) Luer (1982a: 36) View in CoL . (Fig. 12J,K)

Basionym: Pleurothallis colothrix Luer (1981: 202) View in CoL .

TYPE:— ECUADOR: Morona-Santiago: epiphytic in cloud forest east of Paute , 1700 m, 10 Jul 1977, cultivated at SEL-77-2694, flowered in cult. 26 Mar 1981, Luer et al. 5991 (holotype: SEL!; isotype: AMES).

Distribution: — Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.

Notes:— Myoxanthus colothrix is morphologically similar to M. parahybunensis , but the sheaths on the basal half of the ramicauls are completely covered with trichomes vs. smooth, and it has a toothed white column vs. untoothed with purple wings and white oblong lip with a pair of conspicuous longitudinal keels emerging near the middle on the disc vs. subpandurate lip with purple margins and microscopical keels on the disc.

SEL

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

AMES

Harvard University - Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Myoxanthus

Loc

Myoxanthus colothrix (Luer) Luer (1982a: 36)

Rojas-Alvarado, Gustavo, Blanco, Mario A. & Karremans, Adam P. 2021
2021
Loc

Pleurothallis colothrix

Luer 1981: 202
1981
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