Epidendrum monteagudoi Hágsater

Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth, Llacua-Tineo, Elizabeth Santiago Ayala Yashira Stefani & Hágsater, Eric, 2023, Synopsis of the Peruvian species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) belonging to the Scabrum group, subgroup Soratae: diversity and description of a new species, Phytotaxa 603 (1), pp. 1-26 : 17

12. Epidendrum monteagudoi Hágsater & E. Santiago, (2013: t. 1459). ( Figure 8C ).

Type:— PERU. Pasco: Oxapampa, Distr. Huancabamba, sector Milpo, parte alta camino a Santa Barbara , zona de amortiguamiento del parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén , 3000 m, 01 February 2005, A . Monteagudo 8058 (holotype: MO! isotype: USM) .

Distribution: — Peru, in the departments of Junín and Pasco. Present in the eastern cordillera of the central Peruvian Andes, near the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park

Notes:— Epidendrum monteagudoi is similar to E. llatasii , but is recognized by the linear-lanceolate leaves, the flowers cream colored, the sepals 7.8–8 mm long, and the ovary with a prominent, inflated vesicle (vs. leaves elliptic, flowers greenish yellow, sepals 12–15 mm long, with the margins revolute, and the ovary with the vesicle thin and barely noticeable)..

Conservation Status:— DD. Data Deficient.

Examined specimens:— PERU. Junín: Junín-Tarma (Huasa-Huasi), C. Hayek 308, (USM!)

Figures

FIGURE 8. Species of the Soratae subgroup of the genus Epidendrum present in Peru. Illustrations by: W. Nauray (A). O. Pérez (B). R. Jiménez M. (C, D, F). M. López R. (E).