Epidendrum natator Hágsater
, Icon. Orchid. 18(2): t. 1885 (2021).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77299748-1
- Publication
- Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
- Collation
- 18(2): t. 1885
- Date of Publication
- 13 Aug 2021
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Abel Monteagudo, Jose Luis Mateo & Valerio Flores 31697
- Locality
- Pasco: Prov. Oxapampa, Distr. Huancabamba, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén, Sector San Daniel, 2000 m
- Collection Date
- 8 Feb 2007
- Type Herbaria
- holotype HOXA
isotype AMO
isotype HUT
isotype USM - Distribution Of Types
- Peru (Western South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: 'From the Latin natator, the swimmer, in reference to the peculiar position of the petals as the arms of a swimmer in butterfly stroke, with the outstretched lateral sepals similar to the legs, and the dorsal sepals close to the column as part of the body of the swimmer'.