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Werauhia talamancana Cascante & J. F. Morales

Publ: Phytotaxa 523(3): 255-257 fig. 1 (2021)

Type: COSTA RICA. San José: Jardín, Dota. Cordillera de Talamanca, sector del Cerro de la Muerte, carretera interamericana sur. Área no protegida. Fragmento de bosque a aprox. 0.5 Km S de intersección de El Empalme. Bosque muy húmedo montano bajo. 9°42’47.8” N, 83°56’58.3” W, 2380 m; 12 February 2021 (fl.), Cascante-Marín 2935 (Holotype: USJ!, Isotype: CR!)

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Distribution: COSTA RICA: San José

Habitat: epiphytic growing in the lower canopy of mixed oak lower montane forests in a very humid environment, 2380-2600 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet refers to the mountains of the Talamanca mountain range in southern Central America, the center of diversity of Werauhia and where nearly two-thirds of the species occurs

Phenology: Flowering nocturnal from February to May; fruiting from February to December

Werauhia talamancana