In: Phyton 58, Fasc. 2 (2018): S. 123-125 DOI: 10.12905/0380.phyton58(2)-2018-0123 Published online on 21st December 2018

Published online on 21st December 2018

A new species of Gomesa (Orchidaceae-Oncidiinae) from
southern Brazil

Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Guy Chiron & Marta Kolanowska

Key words: Gomesa, Gomesa kleinii, Oncidiinae, Orchidaceae. – New species, taxonomy. – Flora of Brazil, Neotropics.

Summary
Szlachetko D. L., Chiron G. & Kolanowska M. 2018. A new species of Gomesa (Orchidaceae-Oncidiinae) from southern Brazil. – Phyton (Horn, Austria) 58 (2): 123–125, with 1 figure.*


A new species of the orchid genus Gomesa, G. kleinii is described and illustrated based on Brazilian material. The novelty resembles Gomesa verboonenii from which it differs by longer leaves, greenish flowers, much narrower tepals with a length/width ratio of c. 5, the lip which is much shorter than the lateral sepals, the somewhat narrower and longer lip midlobe, longer lip calli reaching the base of the midlobe, and the glabrous column.