Myoxanthus priapus Luer (1983a: 386)

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 : 247

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scientific name	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.

References

Luer, C. A. (1983 a) Miscellaneous new species in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Phytologia 54: 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 14426