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Spiranthes dendroneura (Orchidaceae), a new species from Chihuahua

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Spiranthes dendroneura, a new species from the pine-oak forests of northwestern Mexico, resemblesS. parasilica andS. valerioi in the slender leafless flowering habit, the solitary, tuberously thickened root, and the calli at the base of the lip, but differs by the distinctive shape of the lip which lacks a red central thickening.

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  1. The State Education Department, Biological Survey,New York State Museum, 12230, Albany, NY

    C. J. Sheviak

  2. Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology and the University of Colorado Museum, University of Colorado, 80309, Boulder, CO

    R. A. Bye

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Sheviak, C.J., Bye, R.A. Spiranthes dendroneura (Orchidaceae), a new species from Chihuahua. Brittonia 32, 368–371 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806735

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