Campylocentrum benellii and C. paludosum spp. nov. (Angraecinae-Orchidaceae): two new leafless species from Brazil.
26 July 2015
Pessoa, Edlley; Miranda, Marcelo; Alves, MarccusThe leafless condition is present in two Neotropical epiphyte genera of Orchidaceae, Campylocentrum and Dendrophylax. Only the first one is reported from Brazil, where seven leafless species are recorded, and four of them are endemic. This study describes two new species of Campylocentrum from the Atlantic forest of São Paulo state and Amazon forest of Acre, Mato Grosso and Rondônia states. It also provides a key to the Brazilian species of leafless Campylocentrum, illustrations, and a discussion of the affinities of the new species with allied ones.
Doi
10.1111/njb.00922