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 | |
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| Stelis zootrophionoides in situ during the season of vegetative growth | |
Scientific 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
- 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.
- 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.
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