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Racinaea rufescens Treviño & Gouda

Publ: Phytotaxa 730(2): 226-230 fig. 1 (2025/11/19)

Type: PERÚ. Amazonas, Prov. Rodríguez de Mendoza, Dist. Omia, Entre la Cordillera y Quebrada de Agua Sal, bosque húmedo montano, 6°26’18”S, 77°10’30.8”O, 2118–2457 m, 22 Sep 2008, V. Quipuscoa S., L. Cáceres M. & I. Treviño Z. 4377 (holotype HUT; isotypes F, HAO, HUSA)

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Distribution: Peru: Amazonas

Habitat: Epiphyte in montane cloud forest, in the Andean-Amazonian ecotone, a transitional zone where humid air from the Amazon condenses on steep Andean slopes, 2100-2450 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet rufescens (Latin: “becoming reddish” or “tinged with red”) alludes to the orange–reddish coloration of the floral bracts and sepals, which represents a distinctive character of the species and readily separates it from its closest relatives.

Phenology: Flowering plant was observed in September

Racinaea rufescens