Specklinia dunstervillei is described as a new species in recognition of the distinctness of a Venezuelan species related to and confused with Specklinia endotrachys. It was illustrated for the first time by G. C. K. Dunsterville in 1963 from a plant collected in Trujillo on the Cordillera de Merida. The newly named species can be easily recognized by its small habit, short leaves and small reddish-orange flowers, the non-ascending dorsal sepal and the obtuse petals that are shortly apiculate. Specklinia dunstervillei is formally described and illustrated once again and compared morphologically and genetically with its closest relatives. Copyright:
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Karremans, A. P., Pupulin, F., & Gravendeel, B. (2015). Specklinia dunstervillei, a new species long confused with Specklinia endotrachys (orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae). PLoS ONE, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131971
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