Cranichis beckii Kolan., Baranow, S.Nowak & A.Fuentes 2021 Diphylla Group 9

TYPE Drawing by © P. Baranow, Kolan., S.Nowak & A.Fuentes

Common Name or Meaning Beck's Cranichis [G S Beck former director of the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, original collector of the TYPE species current]

Flower Size

Found in La Paz department of Bolivia in secondary montane forests at elevations around 1730 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3 basal, ovate, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, peduncle 13.6 [34 cm] long, provided with about 6, foliaceous, sheathing bracts, rachis to 6.4" [16 cm] long, conical, sublaxly many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, microscopically ciliate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying yellowish, glabrous flowers.

"This species resembles Cranichis lehmannii in general flower morphology, but its petals are spathulate-obovate, widest apically and similar in shape to those of C. diphylla. Leaves of C. lehmannii are smaller (up to 4.4" [11 cm] long), its ovary is glabrous (microscopically ciliate in C. beckii), lateral sepals are 2-veined (vs 1-veined in C. beckii) and the petals are lanceolate." Kolan., Baranow, S.Nowak & A.Fuentes 2021

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* PhytoKeys 186: 17 Kolan., Baranow, S.Nowak & A.Fuentes 2021

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