identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
6E069F43D3C55D358A2120D72215B027.text	6E069F43D3C55D358A2120D72215B027.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octomeria candidae Velez-Abarca, M. M. Jimenez & Baquero	<div><p>Octomeria candidae Vélez-Abarca, M. M. Jiménez &amp; Baquero, Lankesteriana 20 (3): 347. 2020.</p><p>Type.</p><p>Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: Cordillera del Cóndor flank, 890 m elev., 18 Feb 2020, L. Vélez-Abarca LV-002 (type: ECUAMZ-12211!) ; Paratype. (here designated) Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: El Pangui, 28 October 2020, L. Vélez-Abarca LV-066 (paratype: ECUAMZ-12202!) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E069F43D3C55D358A2120D72215B027	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth;Iturralde, Gabriel A.;Garzón-Suárez, Henry X.;Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego;Kuethe, J. R.;Baquero, Luis E.;Jiménez, Marco M.	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth, Iturralde, Gabriel A., Garzón-Suárez, Henry X., Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego, Kuethe, J. R., Baquero, Luis E., Jiménez, Marco M. (2026): Two new species of Octomeria (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) and two new country records from Ecuador. PhytoKeys 274: 99-115, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.274.177794
3DFDB67EC20E58429AAC2D25146E8AF8.text	3DFDB67EC20E58429AAC2D25146E8AF8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octomeria ivouquillasii Velez-Abarca & M. M. Jimenez 2026	<div><p>Octomeria ivouquillasii Vélez-Abarca &amp; M. M. Jiménez sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2: A 1, B 1, C, D; Table 1</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Octomeria ivouquillasii is similar to the robust, repent members of the O. grandiflora complex (including O. seegeriana Kraenzl. (Fig. 2: A 2, B 2) in its large plant size and creeping habit, but differs by having slender, compressed ramicauls (vs. terete), a reduced pseudopeduncle 1.0– 1.2 mm long (vs. 2–3 mm long), an obconic pedicel (vs. cylindrical) and a rhomboid apical lobe of the lip with acute, strongly apiculate apex and a central, longitudinal pseudo-callus extending over the apical third (vs. ovate, apex broadly truncate to retuse, sometimes minutely apiculate, without a central callus).</p><p>Type.</p><p>Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: Cordillera del Cóndor, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.48801&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.6099527" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.48801/lat -3.6099527)">cerca de Tundayme</a>, 3°36'35.83"S, 78°29'16.84"W, 1400 m elev., 23 May 2021, M. Jiménez 1183 (holotype: HUTPL 15796!) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Plant up to 40 cm tall, epiphytic, repent rhizome, stout, 4.0 mm thick, 0.5–1.5 cm long between ramicauls. Roots ca. 1.0 mm in diameter, flexuous, white. Ramicauls erect, 10–20 cm long, slightly compressed, with 3–5 internodes enclosed by tubular bracts. Leaf erect, coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 12.0–15.0 × 1.4–1.7 cm, adaxially sulcate and abaxially carinate, margin entire, cuneate at the base on a petiole ca. 1.8 mm long. Inflorescence a single-flowered co-florescence, produced successively from an abbreviated axis at the apex of the ramicaul; pseudopeduncle cylindrical, 1.0– 1.2 mm long; flower bract 1, infundibuliform, membranaceous, 2.5–3.0 mm long; pedicel obconic, 2.5 mm long; ovary 2.5–3.8 mm long, cylindrical, sulcate, almost always twisted. Sepals and petals white-yellowish, translucent, glabrous, 3 - veined, 10–12 × 2.0–3.0 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic-ovate, subacute to acuminate. Lateral sepals elliptic, acuminate. Petals narrowly ovate, acuminate, 10–12 × 2–3 mm, 3 - veined. Lip yellow, pigmented red purple on the first half of the disc, between the calli, oblong, three-lobed, glabrous, 4.5–5.0 × 2.0– 2.3 mm, with lateral lobes antrorse, erect, rounded, elongated, the apical lobe rhomboid, acute, strongly apiculate, the disc broadly channelled between a pair of oblique yellow calli descending from the lateral lobes, a yellow pseudo-callus extending longitudinally below the apical third; base truncate, articulated to the foot of the column. Column semi-terete, falcate, 3.0– 3.5 mm long, foot of the column 1.5 mm long, stigma ventral, clinandrium entire, margin slightly dentate. Anther cap white, subapical. Pollinia eight, in two series of four, yellow.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>Octomeria ivouquillasii is so far known only from its type locality found along the western side of the Cordillera del Cóndor in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (Fig. 7). The species was found growing at an elevation of 1400 m, corresponding with low premontane forests on the foothills of a sandstone plateau.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet honors Ivo Alberto Uquillas Bermeo, Ecuadorian artist (painter and sculptor) from Manabí Province, Ecuador. This species is dedicated to his contributions to the visual arts and his numerous impactful cultural works of monumental sculpture and public art across Ecuador.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Octomeria ivouquillasii is known from a single locality; therefore, the Extent of Occurrence (EOO) cannot be calculated and the Area of Occupancy (AOO) is the minimum possible value of 4 km 2 following IUCN (2024) guidelines. The only known population occurs within an area surrounded by mining concessions (Fig. 7) and lies outside any protected area. Severe deforestation and habitat loss associated with large-scale mining have been documented in the region (Mestanza-Ramón et al. 2022; Mena-Quintana et al. 2025). Although insufficient sampling suggests the species may occur elsewhere, access to surrounding areas is increasingly restricted due to the presence of mining companies, which often limit entry and restrict biological research.</p><p>Given the limited available information, the species could be categorised as Data Deficient (DD). However, considering its extremely restricted AOO and the clear, ongoing threats to its habitat, we recommend listing it as Critically Endangered [CR B 2 ab (iii)] (IUCN 2024) under a precautionary approach.</p><p>Taxonomic notes.</p><p>The original description of Octomeria grandiflora (Fig. 4: D 1) by Lindley (1842) defined the species with a mid-lobe of the lip as “ obovato-cuneatâ denticulatâ fissâ ”, describing a widened apex with denticulate margins and a cleft or divided centre (fissâ). This morphology differs from O. ivouquillasii, which presents a strictly rhomboid mid-lobe with entire margins and an apex that, rather than being divided, projects into an acute angle ending in a solid and prominent apex.</p><p>Luer (2010) maintained Lindley’s interpretation by illustrating Octomeria grandiflora with a broadly truncate to retuse apex. However, the new entity possesses a creeping habit and slightly compressed ramicauls that distance it from the typically cespitose forms with terete stems treated by Luer for O. grandiflora . For this reason, the diagnostic comparison is established with O. seegeriana (Fig. 2: A 2, B 2) and O. robusta (Fig. 2: A 3, B 3), taxa that have been currently synonymised under O. grandiflora (Ulloa Ulloa et al. 2018) .</p><p>When contrasting the new entity with Octomeria seegeriana, both share the large plant size and its creeping habit. However, the new species is distinguished by possessing a reduced venation of only three veins in all floral segments (vs. five veins in sepals and petals). The new species is readily distinguishable by the smaller size of the lip 4.5–5.0 × 2.0– 2.3 mm (vs. 5.0–6.0 × 3.0 mm); with an apical lobe rhomboid, acute, strongly apiculate apex; and a central longitudinal pseudo-callus projecting from the middle towards the apex (vs. ovate, apex broadly truncate to retuse, sometimes minutely apiculate) (Table 1).</p><p>Regarding Octomeria robusta, the structural divergence is even more pronounced due to the density of the venation, consistently presents a reduced venation of only 3 veins in both petals and sepals (vs. 5–7 veins in the sepals). Both share the large plant size and its creeping habit. The new species is readily distinguishable by the smaller size of the lip 4.5–5.0 × 2.0– 2.3 mm (much larger lip, 7.0–8.0 × 4.0 mm); with apical lobe rhomboid, acute, strongly apiculate apex; and a central longitudinal pseudo-callus projecting from the middle towards the apex (vs. ovate, apex broadly truncate to retuse, sometimes minutely apiculate and without a central callus). The combination of reduced venation, the rhomboid-acute architecture of the lip and the presence of the central pseudocallus confirms the new entity as an independent species (Table 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3DFDB67EC20E58429AAC2D25146E8AF8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth;Iturralde, Gabriel A.;Garzón-Suárez, Henry X.;Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego;Kuethe, J. R.;Baquero, Luis E.;Jiménez, Marco M.	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth, Iturralde, Gabriel A., Garzón-Suárez, Henry X., Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego, Kuethe, J. R., Baquero, Luis E., Jiménez, Marco M. (2026): Two new species of Octomeria (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) and two new country records from Ecuador. PhytoKeys 274: 99-115, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.274.177794
10658570420D5C798851A453B36F8CFC.text	10658570420D5C798851A453B36F8CFC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octomeria odontoglossoides Luer	<div><p>Octomeria odontoglossoides Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 102 (fig. 37). 2010.</p><p>Type.</p><p>Colombia • Without collection data. Purchased from a local collector, flowered in cultivation at Colomborquídeas, El Retiro, 20 Nov 1981, C. Luer 6729 (Holotype: SEL-002480!) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Octomeria odontoglossoides (Fig. 5) was previously known only from Colombia, an assessment based solely on the type specimen, which was collected without any location data. In 2023, this species was found in Zamora-Chinchipe, southern Ecuador, where it was seen near Tundayme in the El Pangui Canton. This represents the first record for Ecuador, although it is plausible that, given the lack of location data on the type material, the location of “ Colombia ” may have been allocated incorrectly. This species is found growing on tree trunks within premontane foothill forests between 900 and 1100 m in elevation of the Cordillera del Cóndor.</p><p>Specimen examined.</p><p>ECUADOR • Zamora-Chinchipe: El Pangui, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.49335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.584986" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.49335/lat -3.584986)">cerca de Tundayme</a>, 3°35'5.95"S, 78°29'36.06"W, 942 m elev., 18 Feb 2023, L. Vélez-Abarca 77 (ECUAMZ 12215!) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/10658570420D5C798851A453B36F8CFC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth;Iturralde, Gabriel A.;Garzón-Suárez, Henry X.;Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego;Kuethe, J. R.;Baquero, Luis E.;Jiménez, Marco M.	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth, Iturralde, Gabriel A., Garzón-Suárez, Henry X., Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego, Kuethe, J. R., Baquero, Luis E., Jiménez, Marco M. (2026): Two new species of Octomeria (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) and two new country records from Ecuador. PhytoKeys 274: 99-115, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.274.177794
C1B34E9E261B5618A94BF8FAF9226A30.text	C1B34E9E261B5618A94BF8FAF9226A30.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octomeria oncidioides Luer	<div><p>Octomeria oncidioides Luer, Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 4 (1): 11. 2003.</p><p>Type.</p><p>Bolivia • La Paz: Larecaja, Alto Llipi, above Santa Barbara, above Tipuani, 1200 m elev., collected by A. Hirtz, Juan del Hierro &amp; W. Teague, 30 Aug 1991, C. Luer 15383 (Holotype: MO) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Octomeria oncidioides (Fig. 6) was previously known only from its type locality in Bolivia, where it was found in premontane Andean-Amazon transitional forest in the north-west of the country. In Ecuador, it was found in the south-eastern provinces of Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe, where it is seen growing in similarly transitional forest at similar elevations. These are the first records of this species for Ecuador and though it may seem discontinuous in distribution in relation to the location of its type specimen, it is highly likely to occur across similar habitats along the foothills of the eastern Andes of Perú.</p><p>The population found in San Juan Bosco was observed growing on branches of Alchornea grandis and Ficus sp. in a regenerating secondary forest between 1000 and 1200 m elevation. In the second population found near Cumbaratza, O. oncidioides was seen growing only on fallen branches.</p><p>Specimens examined.</p><p>Ecuador • Morona-Santiago: San Juan Bosco, 3°5'0286"S, 78°32'21.5"W, 1174 m elev., 3 Feb 2023, H. Garzón-Suárez 177 (HUTPL 14793!) ; Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.891&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.9918723" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.891/lat -3.9918723)">Near Cumbaratza</a>, 14 Sep 2025, 3°59'30.74"S, 78°53'27.60"W, 1350 m elev., M. M. Jiménez &amp; M. Jiménez Villalta 2670 (HUTPL 15846!) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1B34E9E261B5618A94BF8FAF9226A30	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth;Iturralde, Gabriel A.;Garzón-Suárez, Henry X.;Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego;Kuethe, J. R.;Baquero, Luis E.;Jiménez, Marco M.	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth, Iturralde, Gabriel A., Garzón-Suárez, Henry X., Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego, Kuethe, J. R., Baquero, Luis E., Jiménez, Marco M. (2026): Two new species of Octomeria (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) and two new country records from Ecuador. PhytoKeys 274: 99-115, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.274.177794
0ACCD5CC4004521A807A908A29CDCF97.text	0ACCD5CC4004521A807A908A29CDCF97.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octomeria tricarinata Velez-Abarca & M. M. Jimenez 2026	<div><p>Octomeria tricarinata Vélez-Abarca &amp; M. M. Jiménez sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 3, 4 A – C; Table 2</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Octomeria tricarinata is similar to O. grandiflora in the size of the plant and flower but differs by its shortly repent habit (vs. densely caespitose), shorter, linear-oblong leaves, 5.0–10.0 × 1.0– 2.5 cm (vs. ovate to narrowly ovate, 8.0–20.0 × 1.0–2.0 cm), thinner lip 5.2–5.8 × 1.7–2.2 mm (vs. 6.0–9.0 × 4.0–6.0 mm), with three well-marked, dark red-purple calli (vs. a pair of yellow calli) and the apical lobe suborbicular, rounded (vs. subquadrate, broadly truncate to retuse).</p><p>Type.</p><p>Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: Cerca de Tundayme, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.486115&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.5814776" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.486115/lat -3.5814776)">Cordillera del Cóndor</a>, 3°34'53.32"S, 78°29'10.02"W, 886 m elev., 23 May 2021, M. Jiménez 948 (holotype: HUTPL 14720!) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Plant up to 30 cm tall, epiphytic, shortly repent, robust rhizome 3.5 mm in diameter, 0.5–1.5 cm between ramicauls, thin, flexuous roots, yellowish-white. Ramicauls erect, slender, laterally compressed, 11.0–25.0 cm long, enclosed by three to five tubular sheaths. Leaf erect, coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute, 5.0–10.0 × 1.0– 2.5 cm, petiole 1.0– 1.3 cm long. Inflorescence a single-flowered co-florescence, produced successively in a fascicle from an abbreviated axis at the apex of the ramicaul; pseudopeduncles ca. 1 mm long; floral bracts 2 mm long; pedicel 2 mm long; ovary 4 mm long. Flowers yellow suffused with brown. Sepals free, elliptical-ovate, glabrous, acute, 5 - veined; dorsal sepal 14.0–16.0 × 3.5–4.0 mm; lateral sepals 14.0–17.5 × 3.5–4.0 mm. Petals narrowly ovate, acute to acuminate, 13.0–13.2 × 3.1–3.2 mm, 3 - veined. Lip yellow, oblong-trilobed, glabrous, 5.2–5.8 × 1.7–2.2 mm, apical lobe suborbicular, rounded, reflexed, with minutely erose margins, the lateral lobes yellow at the base and dark red-purple at the edge, erect, antrorse, rounded at the tip, axe-shaped, three dark red-purple, elevated, longitudinal calli emerging from the middle third, the central callus extending to the apex, the base truncate, articulated to the foot of a short column; column yellow, stained with red-purple, semi-terete, clavate, falcate, 5 mm long, clinandrium entire, margins irregular. Anther cap white, apical, the stigma ventral. Pollinia eight, yellow, obovate.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>Octomeria tricarinata is currently endemic to Ecuador, though its distribution fringes the Peruvian border, making it plausible that it can be found within the northern Amazonian regions of this country. Within Ecuador, it is restricted to the eastern sub-Andean region of Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe Provinces, where it is found at elevations ranging from 900 to 1200 m (Fig. 7). The type population was collected near Tundayme, along the foothills of the sandstone plateaus of the Cordillera del Cóndor. Forest here is dominated by species of Sciodaphyllum P. Browne, Cyathea Sm. and Clusia L. A smaller population was seen in San Juan Bosco at 1200 m elev. and a record from the Kalaglás River Valley (Luer 2010) at 1500 m elev. in Morona-Santiago appears to be present in a remnant of primary forest surrounded by grasslands.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named in reference to the tricarinate callus of the mid-lobe of the lip, a diagnostic feature of this species.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Octomeria tricarinata is currently known from three localities (here defined as geographically distinct areas in which a single mining or deforestation event may severely affect most or all individuals of the species) in south-eastern Ecuador, where it is found across a calculated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 100.8 km 2 and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 12 km 2. This species faces significant threats of habitat destruction at all known sites. El Pangui-Tundayme population occurs within an active mining concession where habitat degradation is ongoing. The San Juan Bosco and Kalaglás populations are located within fragmented forest remnants subject to further land transition, for example, selective logging or agricultural activities. Given the limited number of known individuals, the small AOO and the presence of direct threats to the habitat for all known localities, the species meets the criteria for Endangered (EN) under IUCN (2024) criterion B 2 ab (iii), with an AOO &lt;500 m 2 and continuing decline forecast in the quality of habitat (Mestanza-Ramón et al. 2022; Mena-Quintana et al. 2025; Uvidia et al. 2025), potentially leading to Critically Endangered in the near future. Further field surveys are needed to determine whether additional populations exist and to continue monitoring the status of the currently known sites.</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>Ecuador • Morona-Santiago: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.527435&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.271727" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.527435/lat -3.271727)">Epiphytic in rainforest along Río Calagras</a>, -3.271727, -78.527439, ca. 1500 m elev., collected 19 Sept 1980, flowered in cultivation 20 Oct 1981, C. Luer 6534 (SEL-051389!) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.506195&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.0839999" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.506195/lat -3.0839999)">San Juan Bosco</a>, 3°05'02.4"S, 78°30'22.3"W, 1201 m elev., 26 Feb 2023, H. Garzón-Suárez 185 (HUTPL 14797!) .</p><p>Taxonomic notes.</p><p>The new species is most similar to Octomeria grandiflora (Fig. 4), but can be readily identified by having three dark red-purple calli present on the mid-lobe of the lip, along with other features mentioned in the diagnosis. In the short original description of O. grandiflora, Lindley (1842) explicitly mentioned it as the largest Octomeria known to “ him ”, with long ovate to narrowly ovate leaves making it different from the shorter linear-oblong leaves seen in O. tricarinata . Lindley also described the lip as having two fleshy lamellae on the disc, further contrasting the species with the three calli emerging from the middle third, as seen in O. tricarinata .</p><p>Other diagnostic features of the new species contrasting with O. grandiflora [as treated by Cogniaux (1896)] are the shortly repent habit (vs. densely caespitose); the rhizome being 3.5 mm in diameter with ramicauls up to 25 cm tall (vs. rhizomes about 4 mm in diameter, ramicauls 6–20 cm tall); linear-oblong leaves making them smaller than the ramicauls (vs. leaves more or less narrowly lanceolate and about the same length as the ramicaul), the elliptical-ovate sepals that are 14–16 mm long, erect (vs. the sepals ovate-lanceolate, 10–12 mm long), the lip with dolabriform lateral lobes, the midlobe rounded at the apex and the disc consisting of three calli emerging from the middle third (vs. the lip having oblong lateral lobes, the mid-lobe with a toothed apical margin and the callus consisting of two fleshy lamellae). O. tricarinata is also similar to O. peruviana and O. hirtzii from which it differs by similar traits as mentioned above (Table 2).</p><p>In his systematic treatment of Octomeria, Luer (201 0: fig. 20 b) illustrated a specimen from Morona-Santiago (Luer 6534, SEL) under the name O. grandiflora . However, our examination reveals that this specific individual possesses morphological characteristics such as the presence of three longitudinal calli on the mid-lobe that deviate from the original description of O. grandiflora (Lindley 1842) and the type of material from Brazil. These features align instead with the taxon described here as O. tricarinata . By clarifying these morphological distinctions, we clarify the circumscription of O. grandiflora and provide evidence for the recognition of O. tricarinata (Fig. 2) as a distinct entity.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0ACCD5CC4004521A807A908A29CDCF97	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth;Iturralde, Gabriel A.;Garzón-Suárez, Henry X.;Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego;Kuethe, J. R.;Baquero, Luis E.;Jiménez, Marco M.	Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth, Iturralde, Gabriel A., Garzón-Suárez, Henry X., Gutiérrez del Pozo, Diego, Kuethe, J. R., Baquero, Luis E., Jiménez, Marco M. (2026): Two new species of Octomeria (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) and two new country records from Ecuador. PhytoKeys 274: 99-115, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.274.177794
