Epidendrum chocchawaicoense Hágsater & Edquén

, Icon. Orchid. 19(1): t. 1908 (2022).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77312962-1
Publication
Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
Collation
19(1): t. 1908
Date of Publication
3 May 2022
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
José Dilmer Edquén Oblitas 593
Locality
Amazonas: Provincia: Chachapoyas, Distrito: Granada, Comunidad campesina de Diosán, en el sector Chocchawaico y camino Bagazán. Bosque de relicto alto andino, creciendo sobre arbustos del género Weinmannia, 3186 m
Collection Date
22 Oct 2018
Type Herbaria
holotype HURP
Distribution Of Types
Peru (Western South America, Southern America)
Type Remarks
Digital images of pretype, AMO (LCDP voucher).

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

Etymology: 'From the Quichua language, choccha, a pot or sink where water disappears, and waico, a flat stone, thus a flat rock where water runs and falls into a sink. Deer come to that place for fresh water'.