Stelis furculifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Panama.[1] It was first described in 2007 as Condylago furculifera.[2]

Stelis furculifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Stelis
Species:
S. furculifera
Binomial name
Stelis furculifera
(Dressler & Bogarín) Bogarín[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Condylago furculifera Dressler & Bogarín

Stelis furculifera resembles Stelis rodrigoi. Differences include sepals which are more sparsely developed and less white more villous (shaggy), the absence of decurrent basal lobes on the obovate-pandurate petals, and a viscid lip-callus that is ovate rather than orbicular.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Stelis furculifera (Dressler & Bogarín) Bogarín", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-08-03
  2. ^ "Stelis furculifera (Dressler & Bogarín) Bogarín", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-08-03
  3. ^ Dressler, Robert L. & Bogarín, Diego (2007), "A new and bizarre species in the genus Condylago (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Panama" (PDF), Harvard Papers in Botany, 12 (1): 1–5, doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2007)12[1:anabsi]2.0.co;2