Notes on the natural history of Cyclopogon obliquus (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae) in Costa Rica

Abstract

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>S e p r e s e n t a e l p r i m e r i n f o r m e d e l a e x i s t e n c i a d e </span><span>C y c l o p o g o n o b l i q u u s </span><span>( J . J . S m . ) S z l a c h . [= </span><span>Pelexia obliqua </span><span>(J. J. Sm.) Garay] en Costa Rica. Se discute su posición taxonómica y se presenta una revisión de su actual distribución geográfica. Se presentan observaciones sobre su hábitat, fenología y repro- ducción. </span></p></div></div></div></div>

A new checklist of orchid species from Cuba

“…The study area was visited in January 2015 and the authors observed both species in flower simultaneously. This species has a complex nomenclatural history, which has been discussed by Garay (1982) and Blanco (2002). DNA sequence data corroborate the placement of this species in Cyclopogon (G. A. Salazar, unpubl.…”

“…data). It is worthy of note that this species, which is a member of an exclusively Neotropical lineage, has naturalized itself in the Old World tropics (see Cribb and Ormerod 1999;Blanco 2002 In November 2013, a joint expedition of the authors and specialists from Flora and Fauna reported a population of more than 200 individuals of this species in the protected area Los Pretiles, Mantua municipality, in Pinar del Río province. Many mature individuals were in flower, which facilitated the identification of this species.…”