- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77214699-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 477(2): 206
- Date of Publication
- 24 Dec 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Zambrano B. 473
- Locality
- Cantón Portovelo, El Pindo river, near the border with the Loja province, 500m
- Collection Date
- 5 Dec 2007
- Type Herbaria
- holotype QCNE
isotype QCNE - Distribution Of Types
- Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
as 'purpureo-nigra' [epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.477.2.5 The specific epithet is from the Latin purpureus 'purple or dull red with a slight dash of blue' and niger/nigra 'black', in reference to the purple colour of the sepals and petals and the dark, almost blackish-purple lip.