Epidendrum falsigarayi Hágsater & Karremans

, Icon. Orchid. 17(1): t. 1720 (2019).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77204112-1
Publication
Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
Collation
17(1): t. 1720
Date of Publication
21 Oct 2019
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Luritz Broder Holm Nielsen, Stig Jeppesen, Bernt Løjtnant & Benjamin Øllgaard 6477
Locality
Ecuador: Imbabura, timberline vegetation on Hacienda Yura Cruz, 10 km N of Ibarra, 3700-3800 m
Collection Date
25 May 1973
Type Herbaria
holotype AAU
Latitude
22' N
Longitude
78° 5' W
Distribution Of Types
Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
Colombia (Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

The specific epithet is from the Latin falsus, false, and Garay in honour of Leslie A. Garay, in reference to this species having been incorrectly illustrated by Løjtnant (1977) as Epidendrum garayi and thus is the false-garayi.