Epidendrum yasgolgaënse Hágsater, Edquén, Salas Guerr., Hagsater, Edquen, Salas Guerr.

Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth, Llacua-Tineo, Elizabeth Santiago Ayala Yashira Stefani & Hágsater, Eric, 2023, Synopsis of the Peruvian species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) belonging to the Scabrum group, subgroup Soratae: diversity and description of a new species, Phytotaxa 603 (1), pp. 1-26 : 21

24. Epidendrum yasgolgaënse Hágsater, Edquén, Salas Guerr. & E. Santiago, (2018: t. 1700). ( Figure 9B ). Type:— PERU. Amazonas: Chachapoyas, Distr. Granada, Comunidad Campesina de Diosán , 07 March 2018, 3200 m, J. D. Edquén 715,

( holotype: HURP!) .

Distribution:— Peru and Ecuador. In Peru it is found in the department of Amazonas. The species occurs in northern Peru and southern Ecuador, in the eastern cordillera of the Andes, inhabiting wet montane forests.

Notes:— Epidendrum yasgolgaënse is recognized by the leaves 2.1–4 × 0.3–0.6 cm, spreading with respect to the stem, lanceolate, acute, the sepals 6–7.5 mm long, narrowly obovate, the petals 5–6 × 7–8 mm, linear, and the lip 3.2–5 × 4.5–6 mm, orbicular-reniform with the margin hyaline and erose. Epidendrum ardens has leaves 1.8–3.4 × 0.6–1.2 cm, the sepals 10–11 mm long, partly spreading, and nearly parallel to the column, and the lip 6.5–7 × 9.5–10.2 mm, reniform.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient.

Examined specimens:— PERU. Amazonas: Chachapoyas, Distr. Granada, Comunidad Campesina de Diosán , 07 March 2018, 3200 m, J . D. Edquén 716, ( HURP!) Ibid. J . D. Edquén 717, ( HURP!) .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Species of the Soratae subgroup of the genus Epidendrum present in Peru. Photographs by: Luis Ocupa Horna (A). M. Salas G. (B). J. D. Edquén (C–E). L. Valenzuela G. (F).