Encyclia unaensis Fowlie (1991a: 27)

Bastos, Cláudia A., Meneguzzo, Thiago E. C. & Berg, Cássio Van Den, 2018, A taxonomic revision of the Brazilian species of Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Epidendreae), Phytotaxa 342 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

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scientific name	Encyclia unaensis Fowlie (1991a: 27)
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36. Encyclia unaensis Fowlie (1991a: 27) View in CoL . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Una, 5 km north of Una , 100 m, 29 November 1990, Fowlie, Cavalcante, Duveen & Ross FDRC 90B5 (holotype: UC) ( Figs. 21 View FIGURE 21 , 26K View FIGURE 26 )

Epiphytic herbs, 18.5 cm tall. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 1.1 × 0.5 cm. Leaves 1−2, oblanceolate to linear, 17.2 × 0.6 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence a 3–6-flowered, simple raceme; peduncle 19.0 cm long; rachis c. 4.4 cm long. Floral pedicel 1.8−2.2 × 0.1−0.2 cm; sepals brownish yellow, dorsal lanceolate, 1.7 × 0.5 cm, laterals lanceolate, 1.5 × 0.5 cm, pendent, margin entire, apex acute; petals brownish yellow, spatulate, 1.6 × 0.5 cm, pendent, margin entire to weakly serrate, apex acute; lip claw 0.1 × 0.2−0.3 cm, lateral lobes free relative to midlobe, 0.7−0.8 × 0.4 cm, white, at about 45° to the midlobe (in the flattened lip), not overlapping it, margin entire, apex obtuse, midlobe rounded, 0.6−0.7 × 0.7−0.8 cm, white marked with pink, conduplicate, margin undulate, apex emarginate, callus cymbiform, acute; column dolabriform, 0.9 × 0.2−0.4 cm, clinandrium apex tridentate, lateral teeth triangular, apex acute, arms of the column elliptic to quadrate, c. 0.1 × 0.2 cm, apex obtuse; stigma triangular, with basal hooks; anther 1, yellow, 0.2 × 0.2 cm.

Distribution and habitat:— Endemic in the Atlantic Forest of Bahia ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 ).

Phenology:— Flowering August–February.

Etymology:— Referring to the type locality, municipality of Una, in southern Bahia.

Taxonomic notes:— Encyclia unaensis has flowers with a whitish lip and rounded midlobe that is densely marked in pink. This and the oblanceolate purplish leaves make this species easily distinguished from any other species in the genus.

Selected specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Almadina, Serra do Corcovado , 470−850 m, 17 January 2007, Fontana et al. 2626 ( CEPEC) ; Arataca, Serra Peito de Moça , 500−988 m, 20 January 2007, Fontana et al. 2659 ( CEPEC) ; Itacaré, Itacaré− Taboquinhas road, 14 December 1992, Amorim et al. 934 ( CEPEC) ; Porto Seguro, near Pau Brazil Ecological Station , 25 January 1980, Barros 14 ( SP) ; Santa Cruz Cabrália, Pau Brazil Ecological Station , 24 January 1972, Eupunino 165 ( CEPEC) ; Santa Teresinha, Serra da Jibóia , 10 January 2006, van den Berg 1559 ( HUEFS) ; Serrolândia , 20 August 1980, Pereira Pinto 18/80 ( HRB) ; Una, Mico Leão Biological Reserve , 1 December 1997, Amorim 2105 ( CEPEC) ; Uruçuca, Uruçuca− Itacaré road, 5 february 1993, Thomas et al. 9749 ( CEPEC) ; Valença , tower on the BR 101, 11 December 2009, van den Berg 1957 ( HUEFS) .