Paubrasilia (Mar 2022)

New records of Orchidaceae for the Northeast of Brazil

  • Mateus Gonçalves Santos,
  • Cecília Oliveira de Azevedo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33447/paubrasilia.2022.e0088
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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The new occurrences of nine species of Orchidaceae belonging to six genera: Acianthera Scheidw. (2 spp.), Bifrenaria Lindl. (1 sp.), Grandiphyllum Docha Neto (1 sp.), Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav. (2 spp.), Pabstiella Brieger & Senghas (2 spp.) and Saundersia Rchb. f. (1 sp.) are documented here for the first time in Poções, Bahia State, extending their distribution to Northeast of Brazil. Of the nine species presented here, six are endangered. Diagnostic morphological characters of the species are briefly described. These new records highlight the importance of studies in under-sampled areas.

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