Cranichis polyantha Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 61. 1920.

Kolanowska, Marta, Baranow, Przemyslaw, Nowak, Slawomir & Fuentes, Alfredo, 2021, Materials to the revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia, PhytoKeys 186, pp. 11-41 : 11

Cranichis polyantha Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 61. 1920.

Type.

COLOMBIA. Madero 22 (B†, lectotype, designated by ( Garay 1978: 203): AMES!-drawing).

Notes.

We examined Jimenez 5547 et al. (LPB) cited as reference material for this species in Bolivia by Jiménez-Pérez (2011) and Vásquez et al. (2014) and in our opinion it is not C. polyantha (Fig. 18 ).

The only information about the original collection of this species is the incomplete illustration deposited in AMES. While Schlechter (1920) did not describe any ornamentation on the petals or lip of C. polyantha , both Garay (1978) and Bennett and Christenson (1995) identified this species based on its ciliate petals and lip covered with numerous nodules or papillose-verrucose.

Figures

Figure 18. Cranichis sp. A Floral bract. B Dorsal sepal. C Petal. D Lateral sepal. E Lip, front view. F Lip, side view. Drawn by P. Baranow from I. Jimenez 5547 et al. (LPB).