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Telipogon leisberthvelezii (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae), a new orchid species from the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuador

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Telipogon leisberthvelezii Iturralde, M.M.Jiménez & H.Garzón, a new species of orchid, discovered in the Cordillera del Cóndor in southern Ecuador, is described and illustrated and its morphological similarities to other species are discussed. The new species is morphologically most similar to T. jostii (Dodson) N.H.Williams & Dressler but differs in the ellipsoid-obovoid petals with a bilobed base, the lip having a deltoid midlobe and dolabriform lateral lobes and a lower density of setae on the column. It is currently known from a single locality only, occurring as an epiphyte in lower montane forest.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge Dr Lou Jost for his critical review of previous drafts of this manuscript. We thank Dr Jost and the Asociación Bogotana de Orquideología for allowing the use of their photographs. We thank Marco F. Monteros for his help creating the distribution map. We acknowledge Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA) for funding orchid research in Ecuador under project codes AGR.LBR.22.03 and AGR.GID.22.01. The Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica (MAATE) is acknowledged for issuing the Research Permit No. MAAE-ARSFC-2021-1619.

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  1. Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, Vía a Nayón, Quito, 170124, Ecuador

    Marco M. Jiménez, Luis E. Baquero & Gabriel A. Iturralde

  2. Trait Diversity and Function, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB, UK

    Carlos Martel

  3. Instituto de Ciencias Ómicas y Biotecnología Aplicada, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel 15088, Lima, Perú

    Carlos Martel

  4. Herbario Azuay, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del Azuay, Av. 24 de Mayo 7-77 y Hernán Malo, Cuenca, Ecuador

    Henry X. Garzón-Suárez

  5. Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Ecuador

    Henry X. Garzón-Suárez & Viviana Mashendo

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Jiménez, M.M., Martel, C., Garzón-Suárez, H.X. et al. Telipogon leisberthvelezii (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae), a new orchid species from the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuador. Kew Bull 79, 97–106 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10145-5

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