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Prescottia ostenii Pabst (Orchidaceae): a new record for Brazil, with a complete morphological description

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Previously known from only two specimens collected in Uruguay, Prescottia ostenii Pabst is reported for the first time from Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Several morphological features lacking in the original description are described and illustrated. The taxonomic affinities of this species are discussed, based on vegetative and floral morphology.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the curators of the cited herbaria. The authors also thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazil, GD and PQ-ID) for the fellowships received. RBS thanks Rosana Farias-Singer, Paulo Brack, Angelo Schneider, Ilsi Iob Boldrini and Cristiano R. Buzatto (Depto Botânica, UFRGS) for helping in many ways.

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  1. Depto Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Bloco IV, Prédio 43432, Sala 207, Bairro Agronomia, CEP 9150-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Rodrigo B. Singer & Daniela Aguiar

  2. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Rodovia BR 116, km 03, Feira de Santana, BA, 44031-460, Brazil

    Cecília O. de Azevedo & Cássio van den Berg

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Singer, R.B., de Azevedo, C.O., van den Berg, C. et al. Prescottia ostenii Pabst (Orchidaceae): a new record for Brazil, with a complete morphological description. Kew Bull 64, 543–547 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9143-1

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