Epidendrum sp. 1

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 : 22

26. Epidendrum sp. 1 .

Type:— PERU. San Martín: Rioja: Distr. Pardo Miguel Naranjos: sector Venceremos , 1800 m, 23 September 2021, J . D. Edquén 5220, (digital images, AMO!) .

Distribution:— Peru, in the departments of San Martín and Huancavelica. The species has two separate records, San Martín (northern Peru) and Huancavelica (central Peru), both of which are found within the eastern Andes in wet montane forests.

Notes:— Epidendrum sp. 1 is an unpublished species, so we provide no further details of the morphological characteristics that distinguish the species other than those given in the taxonomic key.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient.

Examined specimens:— PERU. Huancavelica: Tayacaja, Distr: Huachocolpa: inmediaciones de Bosque Amaru, 1999, León s.n., (Collantes 2014: 149, Fig. 67).