Novelties in Mexican Orchidaceae, mainly from the Uxpanapa-Chimalapa region, Veracruz and Oaxaca

Abstract

A STUDY OF THE ORCHIDACEAE OF THE UXPANAPA-CHIMALAPA REGION, IN THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC, STATES OF VERACRUZ AND OAXACA, MEXICO YIELDED NEW SPECIES, NEW RECORDS FOR THE COUNTRY, AND SHOWED THAT SEVERAL NOMENCLATURAL CHANGES ARE REQUIRED. IN THIS PAPER TWO NEW SPECIES (ENCYCLIA UXPANAPENSIS AND HABENARIA MATUDAE) ARE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. TWO GENERA (ELTROPLECTRIS Y KEGELIELLA) AND SIX SPECIES (CAMPYLOCENTRUM HONDURENSE, ELTROPLECTRIS ROSEOALBA, EPIDENDRUM BUENAVENTURAE, KEGELIELLA ATROPILOSA, ONCIDIUM SUBCRUCIFORME AND SCHIEDEELLA WERCKLEI) ARE REPORTED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM MEXICO. ODONTOGLOSSUM SUBCRUCIFORME IS TRANSFERRED TO ONCIDIUM AND A NEW NAME (NOTYLIA LEUCANTHA) IS PROPOSED TO REPLACE NOTYLIA MULTIFLORA HOOK. NON LINDL. A LECTOTYPE IS DESIGNATED FOR THE LATTER BINOMIAL.