Pleurothallis sabanillae M. M. Jimenez & Velez-Abarca 2023, sp. nov.

4. Pleurothallis sabanillae M.M.Jiménez & Vélez-Abarca, sp. nov. (Figures 9–10). Type: — ECUADOR. Zamora Chinchipe: Loja-Zamora road, near El Tambo, 3°56’40.08’’ S, 79°02’45.00’’ W, 2102 m, 4 August 2022, M. Jiménez & L. Vélez-Abarca 1253 (holotype: HUTPL 14636!). Similar to Pleurothallis lilijae Foldats (1968: 379), from which it differs by its broadly ovate, 7–veined dorsal sepal (vs. broadly elliptic, 5–veined), ovate, 3-veined petals (vs. triangular ovate, 1-veined), the obtuse, convex lip (vs. triangular, concave) with a deep, broad glenion and an apical sulcus (vs. shallowly conc... Mehr ...