Cranichis callejasii Szlach. & Kolan. 2019 Pleioneura Group 1

TYPE Drawing by © P. Baranow, Kolan., S.Nowak & A.Fuentes

Common Name or Meaning Callejas's Cranichis [Colombian Co-Collector of the type]

Flower Size

Found in Antioquia department of Colombia at elevations around 3120 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2, basal, ovate, acute, greenish-purple, narrowly canaliculate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, peduncle 12" [30 cm] long, glandular in the upper part, provided with 11 sheathing bracts, rachis 4.4" [11 cm] long, cylindrical, rather desnsely many flowered inflorescence with just shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying white, glabrous flowers.

"C. callejasii is similar to C. werffii , but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having petals ciliolate in the upper half. The petals of C. werffii are sparsely ciliolate along the anterior margin, and glabrous along posterior one. The ovary of C. werffii is sparsely glandular-pubescent, whereas in C. callejasii it is glabrous. From C. pleioneura the new species differs in the petals being ciliolate in the upper half (vs. ciliate along both margins) and a fleshy (vs. thin), suborbicular (vs. suborbicular-obovate) lip." Szlach. & Kolan. 2019

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* PeerJ 7-e7385: 8 Szlach. & Kolan. 2019 Drawing fide

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 17 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 18 fig 4 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 drawing fide

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