Publication Date:
2024-01-12
Description:
Pterichis comprises about 40 species distributed from Costa Rica in the north to Bolivia in the south. The
\nspecies grow as terrestrial plants usually in paramo and subparamo, but there are also reports of populations in
\nhigh montane forest. In this paper the complete enumeration of the six Bolivian representatives of the orchid genus
\nPterichis sect. Pterichis is presented.A total of four new species are described and one new record, P. aragogiana, for
\nthe country is reported. An updated key to the species of the nominal section of Pterichis from Bolivia is presented.
Keywords:
Plant Science
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Ecology
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Evolution
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Behavior and Systematics
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Andes
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biodiversity
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Neotropics
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new record for Bolivia
;
Pterichis aragogiana
;
Pterichis fuentesii
;
Pterichis lunatilabia
;
Pterichis obcordatilabia
;
Pterichis vasquezii
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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