Browsing by Autor "Gabriel A. Iturralde"

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A showy new Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from northwest Ecuador
(Lankester Botanical Garden, 2017) Lou Jost; Gabriel A. Iturralde
Resumen. Se describe una nueva especie de Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) de los bosques piemontanos de la provincia de Carchi en el noroccidente de Ecuador. Esta especie presenta flores relativamente grandes en relación a la mayoría de las especies del género, cuyas caudas de los sépalos son largas y delgadas. Es similar a Platystele caudatisepala pero se distingue de esa especie por sus sépalos laterales parcialmente connados, el labio convexo con la punta y márgenes reflexos, los pétalos deflexos, a veces tocando sus puntas hacia atrás de la flor, los sépalos con márgenes recurvados y las hojas largamente pecioladas. Abstract. A new species of Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) is described from foothill forest in the province of Carchi in northwestern Ecuador. The species has relatively large flowers for the genus, with long slender sepaline tails. It resembles Platystele caudatisepala, but is distinguished from that species by the partially connate lateral sepals, the convex lip with reflexed tip and margins, the deflexed petals, sometimes with their tips touching behind the flower, the sepals with recurved margins, and the leaves long-petiolate.
PLEUROTHALLIS MARKGRUINII, A NEW PLEUROTHALLIDINAE(ORCHIDACEAE) FROM NORTHWESTERN ECUADOR
(Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2024) Luis E. Baquero; Marco F. Monteros; Gabriel A. Iturralde; Marco M. Jiménez; Raul Dueñas
Pleurothallis markgruinii, a particularly tall species for the genus, is described as new to science and an illustration provided. The new species is most similar to Pleurothallis gargantua and shares with that species its large size, reaching 1 m tall, but differs in the much smaller flowers with a deeply concave dorsal sepal, narrower petals, and a synsepal with strongly revolute margins that form an elongated, triangular shape. Comprehensive field research has shown Pleurothallis markgruinii to have a restricted geographical range in the northwest Andes of Ecuador, and it is assessed as Critically Endangered. Pleurothallis markgruinii, una especie con plantas particularmente largas dentro del género se describe e ilustra aquí como nueva para la ciencia. La nueva especie es similar a Pleurothallis gargantua y comparte con esta las grandes plantas que alcanzan 1 m en longitud, pero se diferencia en las flores mucho más pequeñas con el sépalo dorsal muy cóncavo, pétalos más estrechos, y un sinsépalo con márgenes fuertemente revolutos que le dan una forma alargada y triangular. Investigación de campo exhaustiva muestra que Pleurothallis markgruinii tiene una distribución restringida, al noroeste de los Andes en Ecuador y es evaluada como en peligro crítico.
The “four footed” Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae), a new species from north-western Ecuador
(Lankester Botanical Garden, 2018) Luis E. Baquero; Juan Sebastián Moreno; Gabriel A. Iturralde
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Lepanthes, cercanamente relacionada a L. hexapus y L. aguirre. La especie nueva se caracteriza por tener pétalos bilobados, filiformes y curvados. Se proven notas ecológicas y taxonómicas. Además, se presenta por primera vez una localidad conocida para L. bibarbullata.Abstract. A new species of Lepanthes, closely resembling L. hexapus and L. aguirrei, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by bilobed, filiform and curved petals. Ecological and taxonomic notes are given. In addition, the first known locality for L. bibarbullata is presented herein.
The Genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae) in South America—Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru: An Annotated Checklist with a New Species
(Missouri Botanical Garden, 2025) Alexander Damián; Adam P. Karremans; Andrés Alberto Barona-Colmenares; Gabriel A. Iturralde; Álvaro J. Pérez; Wilfrido De la Cruz; Lou Jost; Henry X. Garzón; David Villalba-Vargas; Freddy S. Zenteno-Ruíz
The diversity of Vanilla Mill. in Andean South American countries remains significantly understudied, highlighting the urgent need for a robust taxonomic framework as a foundation for future biogeographic, monographic, phylogenetic, and ecological research. Drawing on extensive herbarium studies and fieldwork conducted by the authors over the past decade, we present a curated checklist of this economically important genus in South America, focused on the Andean countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Our review records 31 Vanilla species across the four countries, with Colombia emerging as the most species rich, followed by Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Among this diversity, we identified 25 species of potential interest as crop wild relatives of the globally cultivated V. planifolia Andrews. Moreover, we report several species not previously documented in our study area, including a new species from Ecuador, which we describe here as V. sekut Damián, Garzón & Bentley. As part of our extensive herbarium and literature revision, we also designate six lectotypes, one neotype, and four epitypes. This checklist provides a critical baseline for future monographic and evolutionary studies on Vanilla in South America, offering valuable insights into its biodiversity and potential for agricultural and ecological applications.