Una nueva especie de Deiregyne (Orchidaceae, Spiranthinae) from Mexico

Abstract

Deiregyne tenorioi Soto Arenas & Salazar, a new orchid species from the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Estado de México, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Tlaxcala, is described and illustrated. It is similar to D. eriophora (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) Garay and D. chartacea (L.O. Williams) Garay, differing from the former in the sparsely glandular-pubescent inflorescence rachis and ovary (vs. lanuginose), odorless flowers and proportionately longer, narrower labellum with bright green to lemon yellow, narrow throat with straight sides (vs. golden yellow, wide throat with rounded sides); from the latter it differs in larger flowers with sepals and petals not tinged with greenish-brown below the middle, spreading lateral sepals (vs. strongly recurved), and proportionately longer, narrower distal labellum lobe.

Una nueva especie de Deiregyne (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae) de Hidalgo, México

“…T he genus Deiregyne Schltr. sensu Garay (1982) encompasses 14 species restricted to the major mountain ranges of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala (Salazar, 2003;Soto et al, 2007;Soto and Salazar, 2012). Although there has been considerable controversy regarding the typifi cation and circumscription of this genus (e.g.…”