Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, D, 50

Authors:

Doucette, Alfonso
Portilla, José J.

Published In: Phytotaxa 257(3): 244–246, f. 10A–G, 11H. 2016. (20 Apr 2016) (Phytotaxa)
Annotation: epithet "from the Quechua word for snake, in reference to the serpent-like growth habit and flowers, resembling the head of a snake, used as a noun in apposition"

Type-Protologue

Locality: Ecuador. [Azuay:] flowered in cultivation at Ecuagenera Orchid Nursery, 5 Sep 2015

Collector and Number: Doucette 0315

Distribution: Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)

Institution(s): HT: HA

Note: stated provenance of cultivated plant from which type was prepared: "Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: Manchinaza, without a reported elevation"

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Asparagales Link
• family:  !!Orchidaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Zootrophion Luer

Projects: VPA

Keywords: CECS4, Ecuador