Stelis encephalota Luer & Hirtz

, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112: 4 (fig. 206) (2007).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447151-2
Publication
Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis
Collation
112: 4 (fig. 206)
Date of Publication
Aug 2007
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
A. Hirtz 8959
Locality
probably above Zumba, alt. 1500 m
Collection Date
27 Jul 2004
Type Herbaria
holotype MO
Distribution Of Types
Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America)
Type Remarks
Type collection flowered in cultivation by Ecuagenera, Gualaceo

Nomenclatural Notes

alt. title: Icon. Pleurothall. 29: 4. Aug 2007.

Remarks

Greek encephalotos, like a brain, referring to the uppermost spherical synsepal.