Abstract
Stelis hualluapampensis, a new species from the cloud forests of Hualluapampa, in the Tayacaja province, Peru, is described and illustrated. Information on its distribution, habitat, phenology, and conservation status, and comparison with its closest relatives are given.
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The first author is very thankful to Luis Enrique Eogavil Arroyo who collected the species described here while working on his thesis on orchid floristics of the remote forests of Hualluapampa. Plants were collected under the permit number 261–2015 SERFOR/DGGSPFFS. Three anonymous reviewers are thanked for their comments on this manuscript.
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Collantes, B., Karremans, A.P. An eccentric new species of Stelis from Peru (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae). Brittonia 69, 218–221 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-017-9462-8
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