Specklinia caulophryne S.Vieira-Uribe & Karremans

, Orquideologia 35(2): 165 (2018).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77195936-1
Publication
Orquideologia; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia. Medellin
Collation
35(2): 165
Date of Publication
Dec 2018
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
S.Vieira, K.D.Fernández & L.F.Pérez 26
Locality
Departimento de Risaralda, municipio de Pueblo Rico, Vereda Montebello, al borde de la carreterra que sube al cerro Montezuma, 2180 m
Collection Date
7 Jun 2017
Type Herbaria
holotype JAUM
Distribution Of Types
Colombia (Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

The specific epithet refers to genus Caulophryne, a group of fish that feature a fleshy growth on the head resembling an angler in sructure and function, of which the authors were reminded by the extraordinary callus on the lip of the species.