IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60472352-2

Publication

Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City

Collation

15(2): t. 1577

Date of Publication

19 Jul 2016

Family as entered in IPNI

Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

Cristian Castro 371

Locality

Municipio de San Juanito; Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, vía a San Juanito, alt. 3230 m

Collection Date

11 Nov 2015

Type Herbaria

holotype COL
isotype COL

Distribution Of Types

Meta (Colombia, Western South America, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

Etymology: In reference to the locality where it has been found, in the Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza. The name Chingaza, from the Muisca civilization dating back to the VI century BCE, and was integrated to the current civilization with the arrival of the Spanish. The name probably originated from Chim-gua-za, “Mountain of the God of the Night”.