Stelis zootrophionoides

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Stelis zootrophionoides
Stelis zootrophionoides in situ during the season of vegetative growth - journal.pone.0048822.g002B.png
Stelis zootrophionoides in situ during the season of vegetative growth
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Stelis
Species:
S. zootrophionoides
Binomial name
Stelis zootrophionoides
Castañeda-Zárate & Ramos-Castro[1]

Stelis zootrophionoides is a species of orchid discovered in the cloud forest in the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. S. zootrophionoides was first described in 2012.[1][2]

The plant flowers from July to September, develops fruits around August, and disperses seeds between October and December. So far, this species is known from only one population in the , and is considered rare.


References[]

  1. ^ a b Ramos-Castro, SE; Castañeda-Zárate, M; Solano-Gómez, R; Salazar, GA (2012). "Stelis zootrophionoides (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a New Species from Mexico". PLoS ONE. 7 (11): e48822. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...748822R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048822. PMC 3492219. PMID 23144987.
  2. ^ Villaseñor, José Luis (September 2016). "Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 87 (3): 559–902. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.


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