Abstract
Ornithocephalus torresii Salazar & Soto Arenas, a new species from the Pacific slope of Oaxaca. Mexico, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by the nearly closed, globose flowers and the cymbiform lip with a small, irregularly dentate-lacerate lobule at each side of the base. A key to all the species ofOrnithocephalus hiterto recorded from Mexico is provided.
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Se describe e ilustra aOrnithocephalus torresii Salazar & Soto Arenas, nueva especie de la vertiente del Pacífico de Oaxaca, México, distinguida de sus congéneres por las flores semicerradas, globosas y el labelo cimbiforme, con un pequeño lóbulo irregularmente dentado-lacerado a cada lado de la base. Se incluye una clave de identificación para todas las especies deOrnithocephalus que han sido registradas en México.
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Salazar, G.A., Arenas, M.A.S. A new species of Ornithocephalus (Orchidaceae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Brittonia 48, 209–212 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807815
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