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A taxonomic revision of genus Phloeophila (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) in Ecuador
 
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Maestría en Biología de la Conservación y Ecología Tropical, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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Vivero de Conservación La Paphinia, Avenida del Ejército y Juan Izquierdo, Zamora 190102, Ecuador
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Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Carrera de Biología, Universidad Estatal Amazónica (Sede El Pangui), Luis Imaicela entre Azuay y Mayor Rene Ulloa, El Pangui, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
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Grupo de Investigación en Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS, Carrera de Ingeniería Agroindustrial y Alimentos. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agropecuarias. Universidad de Las Américas, Calle José Queri, Quito 170137, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Sección de Ecología y Sistemática, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador
Online publication date: 2021-06-09
 
Plant and Fungal Systematics 2021; 66(1): 37–45
 
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The orchid genus Phloeophila is distributed from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, as well as Cuba. A taxonomic revision including the three Phloeophila species present in Ecuador is presented. Morphological characteristics, an identification key, maps of known localities and illustrations of the species are also included. In Ecuador, species of Phloeophila are only known from the Amazonian rainforests, growing from 890 to 1600 meters of altitude. Phloeophila condorana is described as a new species based on specimens collected in the Ecuadorian province of Zamora-Chinchipe and compared to Phloeophila nummularia. Phloeophila nummularia is reported for the first time in Peru. A lectotype for Pleurothallis echinantha is selected.
 
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