Lepanthes vere-aurum J.J.Donoso & Baquero

, Lankesteriana 20(2): 257 (2020).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77219096-1
Publication
Lankesteriana : la revista cientifica del Jardin Botanico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica
Collation
20(2): 257
Date of Publication
24 Aug 2020
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
J.Donoso 310
Locality
Zamora-Chinchipe: Tundayme vía al Quimi, 1418 m
Collection Date
13 Mar 2019
Type Herbaria
holotype QCNE
Latitude
3° 34' 33" S
Longitude
78° 25' 11" W
Distribution Of Types
Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.15517/lank.v20i2.43556 The specific epithet 'is from the Latin 'vere', truly, and 'aurum', gold, so named to raise awareness of the intrinsic value of wild and endangered orchids (even scarcer than the precious metal) under threat of mining activities, and due to the golden color of the flowers'.