Stelis zootrophionoides

Stelis zootrophionoides is a species of orchid discovered in the cloud forest in the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. S. zootrophionoides was first described in 2012.[1][2]

Stelis zootrophionoides
Stelis zootrophionoides in situ during the season of vegetative growth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Stelis
Species:
S. zootrophionoides
Binomial name
Stelis zootrophionoides
Castañeda-Zárate & Ramos-Castro[1]

The plant flowers from July to September, develops fruits around August, and disperses seeds between October and December. So far, this species is known from only one population in the Reserva Ecológica Cerro Huitepec, and is considered rare.


References

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  1. ^ a b Ramos-Castro, SE; Castañeda-Zárate, M; Solano-Gómez, R; Salazar, GA (2012). "Stelis zootrophionoides (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a New Species from Mexico". PLoS ONE. 7 (11): e48822. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...748822R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048822. PMC 3492219. PMID 23144987.
  2. ^ Villaseñor, José Luis (September 2016). "Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 87 (3): 559–902. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.