Myoxanthus georgei (Luer) Luer (1982a: 43)

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 : 236

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5484801

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scientific name

Myoxanthus georgei (Luer) Luer (1982a: 43)
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19. Myoxanthus georgei (Luer) Luer (1982a: 43) View in CoL . (Fig. 14I)

Basionym: Pleurothallis georgei Luer (1975: 246) View in CoL .

TYPE:— ECUADOR. Morona Santiago: epiphytic in felled trees, 30 km south of Gualaquiza , 500 m, 6 Aug 1975, Luer, Luer & Wilhelm 451 (holotype: SEL!).

Distribution: — Ecuador.

Notes:— This Ecuadorean species is easily recognized by the caespitose plants with ramicauls covered by long hispidulous sheaths, purple flowers, obovate petals in the basal half then contracted and acute and trilobate lip with oblique, rounded, erect lateral lobes and apiculate midlobe.

Luer, C. A. (1975) Pleurothallis of Ecuador III. Selbyana 1: 220 - 303.

Luer, C. A. (1982 a) A reevaluation of the genus Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae). Selbyana 7: 34 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 14425

SEL

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Myoxanthus