Cranichis roldanii Szlach. & Kolan. 2019 Schultesii Group 2

TYPE Drawing by © N Oledrzynska, Szlach. & Kolan. and PeerJ 7-e7385: 85 Szlach. & Kolan. 2019

Common Name or Meaning Roldan's Cranichis [Colombian Co collector of the type current]

Flower Size

Found in Antioquia department of Colombia in cloud forest at an altitude of about 2,140 meters as amedium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2, basal, elliptic, shortly acuminate, elongate 8.4" [21 cm] long, twice as long as the leaf blade, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, peduncle 6.8" [17 cm] long, delicate, densely glandular, provided with 7, sheathing bracts, rachis 1.6" [4 cm] long, conical, subdensely many flowered inflorescence with as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying greenish, glabrous flowers

"This species is characterized by somewhat fleshy, orbicular lip, petals papillate along the inner margin, and long ciliate along the outer one. From Cranichis pleioneura the new species differs in having two basal leaves (vs. single leaf), petals papillate along the inner margin, long ciliate along the outer margin (vs. ciliate along both margins), 1-veined sepals (vs. 3-veined) and fleshy (vs. thin), suborbicular (vs. suborbicular-obovate) lip. C. roldanii resembles C schultesii from which it differs by having 1- or 2-veined lateral sepals, petals papillate along the inner margin, long ciliate along the outer one and obtuse lip." Szlach. & Kolan. 2019

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; >

PeerJ 7-e7385: 85 Szlach. & Kolan. 2019 drawing fide

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 21 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 drawing fide

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