Pterichis avicula

Kolanowska, Marta, 2025, Pterichis avicula (Orchidaceae), a new species from Peru, Phytotaxa 693 (1), pp. 101-106 : 105

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.8

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487FA-9243-FFC2-179B-FB8EFA605B8C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pterichis avicula
status

 

Key to identification of P. avicula and similar species

1. Petals 3-veined, narrowly ovate above narrow claw ...................................................................................... Pterichis tunguraguona View in CoL

- Petals 1-veined, linear-ligulate to ovate-lanceolate............................................................................................................................2

2. Petals widest near the middle, lip middle lobe less than half of the total lip length ..........................................................................3

- Petals widest near the base, lip middle lobe constituting about a half of the total lip length.............................................................4

3. Lip lateral lobes lunate in outline ...................................................................................................................... Pterichis seleniglossa View in CoL

- Lip lateral lobes reniform in outline.................................................................................................................. Pterichis tomentosula View in CoL

4. Lip middle lobe narrowly elliptic, lip disc with a single row of knob-like projections along margins.................... Pterichis avicula

- Lip middle lobe ovate and strongly reflexed, lip disc with two rows of knob-like projections along margins ................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... Pterichis boliviana View in CoL

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF