IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455142-2

Publication

Orchid Digest. [Orchid Society of California]. Berkeley, CA

Collation

75(1): 28 (24-31; photogrs., fig.)

Date of Publication

13 Dec 2010

Family as entered in IPNI

Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

L. Thoerle, P. Ortiz & J. Pfahl 106

Locality

Above Chia, northeast of Bogota, alt. 2750 m

Collection Date

11 Jun 2009

Type Herbaria

holotype HPU

Distribution Of Types

Cundinamarca (Colombia, Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

Eponymy: Francisco Xavier Matís Mahecha, artist of Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, 1783-1816, who first illustrated this species.