Encyclia fimbriata Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo (2012: 27)

Bastos, Cláudia A., Meneguzzo, Thiago E. C. & Berg, Cássio Van Den, 2018, A taxonomic revision of the Brazilian species of Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Epidendreae), Phytotaxa 342 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

16. Encyclia fimbriata Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo (2012: 27) . Type :— BRAZIL. Bahia: sul do estado, no specific locality, 19 January 2006, Thomas, Paixão, Sant’Ana, Lopes & Riina 14604 (holotype: CEPEC!) ( Figs. 12 ,

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Heterotypic synonym:

Encyclia vazzoleri Castro Neto & Vazzoler (2012: t. 250), nom. inval. Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: São José da Vitória , no locality, October 2010, no collector (holotype: SP, not found).

Epiphytic herbs, 28.8−30.5 cm tall. Pseudobulbs conical, 5.0 × 1.1−1.4 cm. Leaves 3, oblanceolate to oblong, 24.4−25.0 × 0.8−1.1 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence a 9–12-flowered, simple to weakly compound raceme; peduncle 18.3−26.4 cm long; rachis 12.4−25 cm long. Floral pedicel 3.0 × 0.3 cm, warty; sepals brownish yellow, dorsal oval, 1.3−1.9 × 0.6−0.8 cm, laterals oval, 1.5−1.8 × 0.6−0.9 cm, pendent, margin entire, apex mucronate; petals brownish yellow, spatulate, 1.5 × 1.0 cm, pendent, margin undulate, apex mucronate; lip with claw 0.30 × 0.25 cm, lateral lobes free relative to the midlobe, 1.3 × 0.8 cm, pink, at a ˂45° angle to the midlobe (in the flattened lip), not overlapping it, margin entire, apex obtuse, midlobe reniform, c. 1.5 × 1.0 cm, white, sinuous, margin fringed, callus cymbiform, flabellate; column clavate, c. 1.0 × 0.3 cm, clinandrium apex tridentate, lateral teeth horn-like, apex premorse, column arms quadrate, 0.10 × 0.15 cm, apex obtuse; stigma elliptic, with basal hooks; anther one, yellow, 0.3 × 0.2 cm.

Distribution and habitat:— Originally described from southern Bahia (Bastos et al. 2012), here we also note one specimen from Minas Gerais State ( Fig. 10 ).

Phenology:— Flowering September–March.

Etymology:— From the Latin fimbriatus, referring to the densely fimbriate midlobe of the lip.

Taxonomic notes:— Encylia fimbriata is easily differentiated from all other Encyclia species by its fimbriate lip midlobe. It is similar morphologically and phylogenetically to E. bragancae and E. fowliei . With the first, it shares the extended lateral teeth in the clinandrium. The lip midlobe of E. bragancae is undulate but not fimbriate. Encyclia fowliei , like E. fimbriata , occurs epiphytically in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia (Fowlie & Duveen 1992, Barros et al. 2013) and also has brownish petals and sepals, spatulate petals with undulate margins and somewhat undulate lip midlobe margins.

Encyclia vazzoleri would be a synonym of E. fimbriata , but this name has not been validly published (Bastos et al. 2016) because the authors did not designate a type. The authors only mentioned the herbarium in which it was deposited (SP), in violation of article 40 of the Code ( McNeill et al. 2012); we have been unable to locate this specimen.

Selected specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santa Maria do Salto , no specific locality, 900 m, 24 March 2010, Kollmann et al. 11907 ( MBML) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Distribution in Brazil of Encyclia cyperifolia, E. dichroma, E. duveenii, E. fimbriata, E. fowlie and E. gallopavina.

FIGURE 12. A−I. Encyclia fimbriata. A. Habit. B. Dorsal sepal. C. Lateral sepals. D. Petal. E. Lip. F. Detail of the midlobe fringe. G. Detail of lip callus. H. Column front view. I. Column side view (Thomas et al. 14604). J−P.Encyclia fowliei. J. Dorsal sepal. K. Lateral sepals. L. Petal. M. Lip. N. Detail of lip callus. O. Column front view. P. Column side view (Bastos 322). Q−W.Encyclia gallopavina. Q. Dorsal sepal. R. Lateral sepals. S. Petal. T. Lip. U. Detail of lip callus. V.Column front view. W. Column side view (Mazzini 5). Illustration by Carla de Lima.

FIGURE 25. A. Encyclia dichroma. B. Encyclia duveenii. C. Encyclia fimbriata. D. Encyclia fowliei. E. Encyclia gallopavina. F.Encyclia gonzalezii. G. Encyclia granitica. H. Encyclia ionosma. I. Encyclia jenischiana. J. Encyclia linearifolioides. K. Encyclia mapuerae. L. Encyclia oliveirana. (Photographers: A−B, D, F−L: C. van den Berg. C: R. V. Leitão. E: A. Peres Júnior).