<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new species of Sertifera is described and illustrated based on Colombian material. The novelty resembles Sertifera colombiana, but it is characterized by glandular leaf sheaths, larger, white flowers, ovate to oblong-ovate sepals, ligulatelanceolate petals and apically triangular lip. This is the first report of a white-flowered representative of the genus.</p></abstract>

A new species of Sertifera is described and illustrated based on Colombian material. The novelty resembles Sertifera colombiana, but it is characterized by glandular leaf sheaths, larger, white flowers, ovate to oblong-ovate sepals, ligulatelanceolate petals and apically triangular lip. This is the first report of a white-flowered representative of the genus.

First white-flowered species of Sertifera (Orchidaceae) discovered in Colombia

Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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A new species of Sertifera is described and illustrated based on Colombian material. The novelty resembles Sertifera colombiana, but it is characterized by...

First white-flowered species of Sertifera (Orchidaceae) discovered in Colombia

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 19 - 24

Received: Jun 16, 2014

Accepted: Aug 24, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0019

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