Encyclia gonzalezii Menezes (1991a: 24)

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

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scientific name	Encyclia gonzalezii Menezes (1991a: 24)
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19. Encyclia gonzalezii Menezes (1991a: 24) View in CoL . Encyclia gonzalezii Menezes (1991b: 19) , nom. superfl. Type:—

BRAZIL. Distrito Federal: border with Goiás State, Rio Descoberto , July 1990, Cazelato sub Menezes UB 1 (holotype:

UB!) ( Figs. 14 View FIGURE 14 , 25F View FIGURE 25 )

Heterotypic synonym:

Encyclia tocantinensis Castro Neto & Campacci (1996: 74) View in CoL . Type:— BRAZIL. Tocantins: Taguatinga , 500 m, October 1988, Castro Neto s.n. (holotype: SP 334526 !, SP 382214 !).

Epiphytic, occasionally lithophytic herbs, 43.4−45.8 cm tall. Pseudobulbs conical, 2.5−5.0 × 0.7−1.7 cm. Leaves 1−2, oblanceolate to lanceolate, 14.0−39.0 × 0.8−1.0 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence a 6−23-flowered, simple or weakly compound raceme; peduncle 10.0−12.0 cm long; rachis 26.0−56.0 cm long. Floral pedicel 1.8−2.7 × 0.2−0.3 cm, warty; sepals yellowish green, dorsal lanceolate, 1.5 × 0.4−0.5 cm, laterals lanceolate, 1.4−1.5 × 0.4 cm, reflexed, margin undulate, apex acute; petals yellowish green, lanceolate, 1.4−1.5 × 0.4 cm, reflexed, margin undulate, apex acute; lip with claw 0.1−0.2 × 0.3 cm, lateral lobes free relative to midlobe, 0.5 × 0.3 cm, yellowish, at a ˂45° angle to midlobe (in the flattened lip), not overlapping it, margin entire, apex obtuse, midlobe rounded, 0.5−0.6 × 0.6−0.7 cm, white, sinuous, margin undulate, apex obtuse, callus cymbiform, trifid; column clavate, 0.8−0.9 × 0.3 cm, clinandrium apex tridentate, lateral teeth triangular, apex acute, arms of the column quadrate, 0.15 × 0.10 cm, apex obtuse; stigma elliptic, with basal hooks; anther one, whitish, 0.20 × 0.15−0.30 cm.

Distribution and habitat:— Endemic to northern and central western Brazil ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).

Phenology:— Flowering September–July.

Etymology:— In honour of father José González Raposo, for his contribution to study of Brazilian orchids.

Taxonomic notes:— Encyclia gonzalezii is similar to E. argentinensis but differs from the latter in vegetative characters; the plants of E. gonzalezii are always deep purple. According to Meneguzzo et al. (2012), the photograph of E. gonzalezii published in the protologue does not belong to the same plant deposited as the holotype in UB. The flowers of the type material of E. gonzalezii have oval lateral lobes, similar to the type of E. tocantinensis and not rhombic as depicted in the protologue of E. gonzalezii . Anyway, this subtle difference in the lip lateral lobes between E. gonzalezii and E. tocantinensis would not suffice to maintain them as distinct species, and we opt for treating them as synonyms ( Meneguzzo et al. 2012).

Selected specimens exmined: BRAZIL. Distrito Federal: Brasília, woods of the Capão Comprido, 13 November 1998, Sampaio et al. 257 (CEN, SP). Goiás: Campos Belos, Pouso Alto Village, 10 October 2010, Meneguzzo et al. 569 (UB); Divinópolis de Goiás, 14 October 2009, Bastos 298 (HUEFS); Guaraíta, Guarani de Goiás District, 9 October 2010, Meneguzzo et al. 568 (UB); São Domingos, Galheiros River, 719 m, September 2003, Santos 410A (CEN, HUEFS, UB, SP). Tocantins: Aurora do Tocantins, Serra do Espigão Mestre, March 1995, Castro Neto s.n. (SP); Nazaré, banks of the Mombuca Stream, 15 July 1990, Silva & Silva 124 (MG).