Juan Sebastian Moreno

Fundación Zoologica de Cali

Una nueva pequeña especie de Lepanthes con flores de color granate fue encontrada en dos ocasiones en la última década durante exploraciones orquideológicas en los bosques de alta montaña del departamento de Cundinamarca, en los Andes orientales de Colombia. Aquí se describe e ilustra esta especie como Lepanthes botivana.

Three new species of the genus Lepanthes from the Alto de Ventanas ecoregion in the central Andes of Antioquia, Colombia, are described and illustrated. Lepanthes sabinadaleyana is similar to L. lycocephala but it is distinguished by the narrowly ovate leaves and the lip with oblong-obovate blades with an ovoid, obtuse appendix. Lepanthes cissyana...

Significance This study unifies quantitative methods with dated molecular phylogenies of different lineages to identify biogeographical regions and understand the spatial and temporal evolution of the biota in one of the most biodiverse hotspots of the planet, the tropical Andes. We found complex distribution patterns reflected in a significantly h...

Two new species of Lepanthes from the Anchicayá River Valley in the department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia, in the Pacific lowlands of the Chocó biogeographic region, are described and illustrated. Both species are discussed and compared with their closest relatives, and information about their distribution, conservation, habitat, and ecological...

Orchidaceae is one of the most threatened families of vascular plants in the world, and in recent years, species distribution models (SDM) have been used as a tool to inform the conservation status of several species. However, the usefulness of SDM depends on appropriate knowledge of the use and limitations of these tools, otherwise there is a risk...

La Reserva Tapichalaca es propiedad de la Fundación Jocotoco Ecuador, es reconocida internacionalmente por ser el hábitat de una de las aves más raras del mundo Grallaria ridgelyi (gralaria-jocotoco), este hallazgo fue gracias al ornitólogo Dr. Robert Ridgely. La Fundación tiene una gran extensión de 3 925 hectáreas de bosque montano y páramo, con...

Malaxis susanae from the Colombian Andes is described and illustrated as a new species of orchid. It resembles Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames, but differs by the flowers that have a white (vs. green) lip and the disc cavity with the margin inconspicuously raised (vs. conspicuously raised in a retuse margin) at the apex. Notes on its distributio...

Maxillaria andina, a new orchid species from high-Andean ecosystems of southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador, is described. The new species is distinguished by having long and narrowly linear white sepals and petals with revolute margins, lip with mucronate epichile, and callus without hairs or trichomes. Distinguishing characters are provided...

Understanding the distribution and habitat requirements of species is crucial for designing conservation actions, yet this information is not available for many plant species. We report the first confirmed wild populations of Porroglossum parsonsii, which, because of its horticultural value, is commercialized in national and international markets,...

Two new pleurothallid species of the genera Lepanthes and Pleurothallis, native to cloud forest remnants of the eastern Andes of Colombia, are described and illustrated. Lepanthes pseudoabitaguae is compared with Lepanthes abitaguae, from which it differs by the color of the flowers and by the oblong and biglandular appendix. Pleurothallis falcata...

Eight new species of Lepanthes from the Farallones National Natural Park in Colombia are described and illustrated. These species are morphologically compared with the most similar species to corroborate their identity. Additionally, each of the eight new species is dedicated to a Colombian woman who has made history in several fields in the countr...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is an extinction risk assessment tool that has guided species conservation over the last five decades. However, as wildlife scientists and conservationists, we argue that its influence on the global conservation agenda can hinder effective species conservation efforts. Here, we review the limitations of the R...

A new species of Pleurothallis from subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with Pleurothallis folsomii from Panama. Pleurothallis celsia is most similar to a group of species with small, yellow flowers but it can be recognized mainly by its lip, which is widely ovate, the surface and margin pi...

Colombia is a major biodiversity hotspot, having one of the richest orchid floras in the world. The country spans over a million square kilometers of land, hosting a multitude of different ecosystems thanks to the complexity of its mountainous systems and influences from neighboring countries in Central and South America, as well as the Atlantic an...

Extensive fieldwork carried out on the Andean forests of Colombia resulted in the discovery of Lepanthes cordillerana, described here as a novel taxon. The new species is most similar to Lepanthes teres from Ecuador, from which it can be easily distinguished by the ciliated margins of the leaf, the oblong-acute lower lobe of the petals and the capi...

A new species of Lepanthes from the southwestern Andes of Colombia is described, illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species. The new species was found in two localities in the municipality of San José del Salado, in the department of Valle del Cauca, where several new species have been found and described in the past several year...

A new species of Bulbophyllum, section Xiphyzusa, found in the Andean region of Colombia, in the department of Huila, is described and illustrated. The species is discussed in relation to its morphologically similar and closest relatives. Information on its distribution, ecology, and habitat is provided. Se describe e ilustran una nueva especie par...

Species New & Old in Epidendrum

A new species of the orchid genus Restrepia from the department of Santander, in the western slope of the eastern Andes of Colombia, is described and illustrated. Restrepia santanderensis is compared with the morphologically similar R. flosculata and R. mendozae, which share having short inflorescences and small to medium yellow flowers. The new sp...

During an expedition in which we randomly placed 341 plots across a large elevation range (1100- 3880 m) and spatial gradient (~270 km) in the Eastern Cordillera, we found a new species of the genus Lepanthes in Santuario de Fauna y Flora de Iguaque, Boyaca, Colombia. We propose L. bachue as a new species that is most similar to L. papallactae but...

A new species of Pleurothallis from the Western Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to subsection Acroniae of the series Amphigyae, morphologically resembles Pleurothallis amphigya, but differs mainly by the ovate-lanceolate lip, with two divergent, elongate keels, located at the base up to about the middle of th...

Two new species of Lepanthes, L. pembertonii and L. hwangiae, from the North of the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes are described and illustrated. Both were found while conducting research in Alto de Ventanas natural reserves with the objective of improving knowledge of the orchid flora of the department of Antioquia, Colombia. Comparison...

A new species of Lepanthes from the Eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Lepanthes florenciana is most similar to Lepanthes niphas, but it can be distinguished by the petals transversely trilobed with the upper and lower lobe dolabriform (vs. transversely bilobed with the lobes narrowly triangular), a lunate lip blades (vs. semi-...

A new and previously little-known Cyrtochilum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae), is named in honor and in memory of Leonore Bockemühl, who published a monographic treatment of Odontoglossum in 1989, which included many species that subsequently were transferred to Cyrtochilum based on molecular evidence. One of these species that was included in her treatm...

Four new species of Lepanthes from the southwestern Andes of Colombia are described, illustrated, and compared with morphologically similar species. The new species were found in San José del Salado, the Municipality of Dagua, Department of Valle del Cauca where several new species have been found and described in the past years.

Two new species of Epidendrum from the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes are described and illustrated. The new species with red and orange flowers belong to the Schistochilum group, Secundum subgroup and are similar to Epidendrum portokalium and E. melinanthum but differ by the color of the flowers and floral details, especially the calli....

Phragmipedium schlimii is endemic to Colombia. It can be recognized by the lithophytic habit, growing in abrupt, moist slopes among leafy debris, bearing little delicate whitish-pink fluffy flowers which differ from those of its relatives by a spherical pouch with dorsal fenestrations. It has been reported in the West, Central and north of the East...

Species old and new of Epidendrum

A new Lepanthes species from the northern end of the Central Andes of Colombia is described, illustrated, and compared with morphologically similar species. Lepanthes wakemaniae is most similar to L. caesariata but is easily distinguished by its petals with oblong to ovate upper lobes and triangular lower lobes; semi-ovate lip blades, with their in...

A new species of Lepanthes from the department of Antioquia apparently restricted to the north-central Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to L. alcicornis; however, it can be easily distinguished by the transversally lobulate petals that resemble the ears of a rabbit, the reniform lip with sub-oblong basal lo...

A new species of Pityphyllum from south-eastern Ecuador was found during an investigation of the orchids of the Cordillera del Cóndor. Pityphyllum mercedes-abarcae is described and illustrated. Information concerning its distribution, habitat, and phenology is provided. The new proposed taxon is morphologically similar to P. pinoides, from which it...

Species new and old of Epidendrum

Se describe una nueva especie de orquídea del género Lepanthes del Alto de Ventanas, en el norte de los Andes centrales de Antioquia, Colombia. Se la compara con su especie más similar, Lepanthes cordata, también de los Andes centrales de Antioquia. Se proveen notas sobre su taxonomía y ecología.

Three new species of Lepanthes from the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes are described and illustrated. The new species were found during several botanical expeditions to the mountains in San José del Salado, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Lepanthes marielana, a new orchid species of the eastern Andes of Colombia, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Lepanthes clausa, also from the eastern Andes, but it can be distinguished by the echinate floral bracts, the light yellow with a central claret blotch flowers, the blades of the lip subfalcate with the apices surr...

Species new and old in Epidendrum

Two new species of Lepanthes from the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes are described and illustrated. Both were found during a botanical expedition to Puracé National Natural Park, within the high Andean forests ecosystem of the municipality of Puracé, in the department of Cauca.

Five species of orchids are documented in Colombia for the first time. They were found in the department of Putumayo, municipal- ity of Mocoa, on the Andean-Amazonian foothills, in the facilities of the Center for Amazonian Experimentation (CEA), and in the vereda Cam- pucana. One of them has an extension of its distribution that includes the depar...

Icones Colombianae aims to promote broad and unrestricted public access to the scientific knowledge on biodiversity. Through this initiative, the work of different local researchers and orchid enthusiasts is made freely available and easily accessible online to the whole community. The interest that people from the communities where the orchids gro...

Species Orchidacearum is a serial publication. It is published in volumes, freely available online, and peer-reviewed. Icons from any author are received, they may treat any species of the Orchidaceae family, from any country, previously published or not, as long as they comply with the author’s instructions. The main goal of the series is to make...

The New & Old Species in Epidendrum

Taxonomic treatments of Pilosocereus in the Andean and Caribbean regions have varied widely. Recent authors often recognized three species only (P. lanuginosus, P. polygonus, and P. royenii), while Britton & Rose in 1920 (sub Cephalocereus) recognized 18 species in the same region. A revision of Pilosocereus is necessary, and it was carried out by...

Species Orchidacearum is a serial publication. It is published in volumes, freely available online, and peer-reviewed. Icons from any author are received, they may treat any species of the Orchidaceae family, from any country, previously published or not, as long as they comply with the author’s instructions. The main goal of the series is to make...

Se describen e ilustran dos nuevas especies de Lepanthes del Cerro Montezuma en el Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá, de los Andes occidentales de Colombia. Lepanthes montezumae es similar a L. parmata, también de los Andes occidentales, pero puede distinguirse por el labelo con láminas estrechamente ovadas, sub-obtusas en la base, con los ápices larg...

Lepanthes agatarum, a new species of Orchidaceae from the eastern Andes of Colombia, with cup-shaped flowers, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Lepanthes calocodon from Venezuela, but can be distinguished from it by its longer petals and a bilaminate lip with the blade apices elongate, long acuminate-slender to filiform. R...

Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Lepanthes, cercanamente relacionada a L. hexapus y L. aguirre. La especie nueva se caracteriza por tener pétalos bilobados, filiformes y curvados. Se proven notas ecológicas y taxonómicas. Además, se presenta por primera vez una localidad conocida para L. bibarbullata.Abstract. A new species of Lepanthes,...

Species Orchidacearum is a serial publication. It is published in volumes, freely available online, and peer-reviewed. Icons from any author are received, they may treat any species of the Orchidaceae family, from any country, previously published or not, as long as they comply with the author’s instructions. The main goal of the series is to make...

Epidendrum splendens is recognized by its epiphytic habit, distichous leaves, an apical inflorescence of numerous and successive resupinate flowers. The lip deeply 3–lobed with a long middle carina in the middle lobe. It can be found on the roadsides. Similar to Epidendrum schomburgkii Lindl. with similar red fowers and plant, but the last differs...

A new species of Cyrtochilum from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to the pink-flowered Cyrtochilum distans but is distinguished by its white and yellow-green flowers with spreading sepals and a pink lip with a basally yellow and apically white callus consisting of two parallel keels (...

Species Orchidacearum is a serial publication. It is published in volumes, freely available online, and peer-reviewed. Icons from any author are received, they may treat any species of the Orchidaceae family, from any country, previously published or not, as long as they comply with the author’s instructions. The main goal of the series is to make...

A new species of Maxillaria from Colombia is described and il- lustrated. Similar to M. lueri, but is distinguished by having much broad- er, flat leaves, sheaths without leaf-blades, and elongate fusiform and slightly flattened pseudobulbs.

A new species of Lepanthes from the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, characterized by similar triangular sepals with a large and protruding column, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Lepanthes pelorostele from Ecuador, but can be distinguished from the latter by having orange and ciliate sepals and larger petals a...

A new species of jumping spider of the genus Maeota (Salticidae), M. galeanoae sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the Caribbean state of Magdalena, Colombia. Additionally, the genus Anasaitis is recorded for the first time from Colombia, with the species A. canalis, from the department of Chocó. Moreover, new records are presented for Maeo...

New species of Pleurothallis from Panama, Pleurothallis anthurioides, and from Ecuador, Pleurothallis kaynagata, are described and illustrated. The new species are distinguished based on their morphological distinctness from similar species. Pleurothallis kaynagata represents a new addition to Pleurothallis sect. Abortivae, which was previously tho...

Plates 1584,1593 and 1598

A new species of terrestrial orchid, Pseudocentrum glabrum from Colombia. Comments on habitat, ecology and distribution are provided; a key is given for its identifcation.