Encyclia yauaperyensis (Barb. Rodr.)
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Felipe |
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Encyclia yauaperyensis (Barb. Rodr.) |
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39. Encyclia yauaperyensis (Barb. Rodr.) View in CoL Porto & Brade (1935: 29) as “ jauaperiensis ”. Basionym: Epidendrum yauaperyense Barbosa Rodrigues (1891: 1223) . Type:— BRAZIL. Rio Yauapery, March, no collector (lectoype designated by Meneguzzo et al. (2010): illustration by Barbosa Rodrigues (AMES) published in Iconographie des orchidées du Brésil 4: t. 855, reproduced in Sprunger et al. 1996: 268, t. 5B!) ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 , 23 View FIGURE 23 ).
Epiphytic herbs, 50.0 cm tall. Pseudobulbs conical, 9.4 × 2.3 cm. Leaves 2, lanceolate, 41.4 × 1.7 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence a densely 6−15-flowered, compound raceme; peduncle c. 35.0 cm long; rachis 16.0 cm long. Floral pedicel c. 2.3 × 0.1 cm, warty; sepals green-olive, brown stained, dorsal lanceolate, 1.7 × 0.4 cm, laterals lanceolate, 1.7 × 0.4 cm, pendent, margin entire, apex acute; petals green-olive, brown stained, spatulate, 1.7 × 0.4 cm, pendent, margin entire, apex acute; lip claw 0.1 × 0.2 cm, lateral lobes free relative to midlobe, 0.8 × 0.4 cm, greenish, at about a 45° angle to the midlobe (in the flattened lip), not overlapping it, margin entire, apex obtuse, midlobe vertical elliptic to narrow triangular, 0.8 × 0.4 cm, yellowish, sinuous, margin undulate, apex mucronate to acute, callus cymbiform, bifid; column dolabriform, 0.6 × 0.3 cm, clinandrium apex tridentate, lateral teeth triangular, apex acute, arms of the column linear, 0.15 × 0.08 cm, apex obtuse; stigma elliptic, with basal hooks; anther 1, pinkish.
Distribution and habitat:— Endemic to the Amazon ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).
Phenology:— Flowering January–April.
Etymology:— A reference to the original location of the type near the Yauaperi River, Amazonas State.
Taxonomic notes:— Encyclia yauaperyensis has flowers that are distinctive for the genus, especially the broad midlobe, which varies from vertical-elliptical to narrow and triangular, with a mucronate to acute apex and triangular lateral lobes.
Selected specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas : Beruri , Ayapuá Lake (Purús River), 22 January 2000, Silva s.n. ( SP 340014 ) ; margin of the Uaupés River , April 1973, Richter. s.n. ( HB 87612 ) ; no locality, January 1957, Stern s.n. ( HB 177 ) .
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