Epidendrum moscozoi Hágsater

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 : 17

13. Epidendrum moscozoi Hágsater & E. Santiago, (2009: t. 1266). ( Figure 8D ).

Type:— PERU. Cusco: Paucartambo , entre Bs. Aires y Morro Leguía-Cosñipata, 2300 m, D. Moscozo 902 (holotype: MO!)

Distribution:— Peru, in the departments of Cusco and Apurimac. Present only in the central and eastern Cordillera of the Andes in southern Peru.

Notes:— Epidendrum moscozoi is recognized by the leaves 0.3–1.7 cm long, linear-lanceolate, apex obtuse, the flowers white, the dorsal sepal 4 mm long, reflexed and parallel to the ovary, and the column strongly arched upwards with respect to the ovary. When first described it was compared to E. obliquum , but that species has leaves 2–4 cm long, and the dorsal sepal 8 mm long, spreading, not parallel to the ovary with the column straight. It is better compared to E. leonorae which also has small leaves, but the apex is truncate and bilobed, the flowers pale green with the petals slightly tinged pink, the dorsal sepal spreading and the column straight.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data Deficient.

Examined specimens:— PERU. Apurimac: Prov. Abancay, Dist. Tamburco, Santuario Nacional de Ampay , 3490 m, 17 April 2015, V . Zúñiga 176, (USM!)

Figures

FIGURE 8. Species of the Soratae subgroup of the genus Epidendrum present in Peru. Illustrations by: W. Nauray (A). O. Pérez (B). R. Jiménez M. (C, D, F). M. López R. (E).