Lepanthes elata Reichenbach (1866: 90)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.3.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10167663 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB9024-FF9D-FFB6-F4E9-822372D042DA |
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Plazi |
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Lepanthes elata Reichenbach (1866: 90) |
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Lepanthes elata Reichenbach (1866: 90) View in CoL ( Figure 4B View FIGURE 4 ).
Type:— COSTA RICA. Desengaño : 9 May 1857, Collected by H . Wendland 844 (holotype: W) .
Examined specimen: ECUADOR. Carchi: Reserva Dracula , coordinates omitted for conservation purposes, 1420 m, 20 Nov 2020, M. F . Monteros MFM219 ( QCNE) .
Distribution and ecology: Lepanthes elata has a wide distribution range, distributed throughout Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia, occurring at elevations between 1500 to 2600 m. ( Luer & Thoerle 2012, GBIF 2022). The recent discovery of L. elata in the northwestern Carchi province of Ecuador expands its distribution approximately 24 km from the southernmost record located in Nariño department, reported by Luer & Thoerle (2012). In Ecuador, L. elata has been found in the cloud forests as epiphytic at an elevation of 1400 m. In northwestern Ecuador, L. elata has been observed flowering in June and November.
Taxonomic Discussion: Lepanthes elata is characterized by the large leaves (to ca. 25 cm long) erect and convex, borne by tall, robust ramicauls; the relatively large yellow flowers are produced from a dense raceme along the concave, abaxial surface of the leaf. The sepals are glabrous, entire, and acute; the upper lobes of the petals are oblong and overlap above the column and lip; the lip has ovate blades with a minute and pedunculate appendix ( Luer & Thoerle 2012).
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University of Helsinki |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Botanische Staatssammlung München |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales |
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