Phillip Cribb’s scientific contributions

... Our histological tests showed that there was a polarization in protein detection on the papillae of the lip; the hypochile, which is the concave base articulated at the column-foot, and therefore closest to the column (Fig. 1E), has the highest concentration of proteins compared with the secretory papillae of the epichile, which is consistent with the description of Luer (1993), who proposed that this deep central cleft of the hypochile in the genus Dracula is possibly a nectary or fragrance source. ...

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Pollination ecology of Dracula erythrochaete (Orchidaceae): brood-site imitation or food deception?

... The new species were described following the botanical terminology by Beentje (2012) and Stearn (1992). All original descriptions of related species were consulted for detailed comparisons (Luer, 1996;Luer and Thoerle, 2012;Karremans et al., 2023). Specimens from the following herbaria, AMES, COL, CUVC, HUA, JAUM, JBB, VALLE, CAUP and MO (online), were consulted, and no additional material of the new species was found. ...

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Blossoming Legacies: Eight New Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) Species from Los Farallones de Cali National Park Named in Honor of Colombian Women

... Taxa included in the catalogue have been either listed in previous works or are here cited for the first time based on materials determined by one of us. We relied on the pleurothallid monographs published by Luer (1986Luer ( , 1987Luer ( , 1988Luer ( , 1990Luer ( , 1991aLuer ( , 1992Luer ( , 1993Luer ( , 1994Luer ( , 1995Luer ( , 1996bLuer ( , 1996cLuer ( , 1997Luer ( , 1998bLuer ( , 1999Luer ( , 2000aLuer ( , 2000bLuer ( , 2000cLuer ( , 2002aLuer ( , 2002bLuer ( , 2003aLuer ( , 2003bLuer ( , 2006Luer ( , 2007Luer ( , 2009bLuer ( , 2010Luer ( , 2011Luer ( , 2016aLuer ( , 2016bLuer ( , 2017aLuer ( , 2017bLuer ( , 2018aLuer ( ,2018bLuer ( , 2018c and Luer & Thoerle (2012a), in addition to previous checklists of Colombian Pleurothallidinae (Bernal et , Viveros & Higgins 2007, and online databases such as Epidendra, GBIF, IPNI, Tropicos and the WCSP ). An attempt has been made to curate previous lists of names. ...

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Colombian Orchidaceae: A Catalogue of the Pleurothallidinae