Lepanthes obandoi Tobar & M.F.López

, Phytotaxa 375(3): 224 (2018).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77191945-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
375(3): 224
Date of Publication
13 Nov 2018
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Tobar, Monge & Obando 1983
Locality
Imbabura: Ibarra, El Sagrario, along the maintenance path of the drinking water network system of La Carbonería, 3538 m
Collection Date
Jul 2016
Type Herbaria
holotype QCA
isotype Herb. Pontif. Catholic Univ. Ibarra Headquarters
isotype QCNE
Latitude
35' 4" N
Longitude
78° 59' 4" W
Distribution Of Types
Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.375.3.4 The specific epithet is named in honour of Eduardo Obando, a young engineer of renewable natural resources and orchid enthusiast who discovered and registered these species for the first time.