Materials to the revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia

Abstract

The diversity of Cranichis in Bolivia is evaluated. An updated key for identifying species is provided. Morphological characteristics of 15 species of Bolivian Cranichis are presented together with illustrations of their floral segments. The occurrence of C. diphylla, C. lehmannii, and C. muscosa in this country was not confirmed. In our opinion the previously published Bolivian record for C. polyantha is doubtful. For the first time, C. badia and C. longipetiolata are reported in this country. Two new species of Cranichis are described.

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“…Yungas is a species-rich area and has been considered a centre of endemism in Bolivia for different groups of organisms, such as algae, bryophytes and orchids (e.g. Kessler 1999;Ibisch and Mérida 2004;Moraes and Sarmiento 2019;Kolanowska et al 2021;Kosecka et al 2021).…”

Orchidaceae-Derived Anticancer Agents: A Review

“…Noteworthy, despite a long history of orchid research, scientists are still finding many new species in the tropical areas e.g., [53][54][55]-only in 2020 more than 100 orchids were described, most of them from South America [56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63] and tropical Asia [64][65][66][67][68][69]. Unfortunately, the taxonomists did not analyze the chemical properties of their secondary metabolites and their potential medicinal usefulness remains unrecognized.…”

Corrigendum: Kolanowska M, Baranow P, Nowak S, Fuentes A (2021) Materials to the revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. PhytoKeys 186: 11–41. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.71499

“…In our recent work ( Kolanowska et al 2021 ), a wrong figure was published as Cranichis beckii Kolan., Baranow, S. Nowak & A. Fuentes, sp. nov.…”