TORC15 CONFERENCE NEWS --->> Speaker Announcement Keywords: New Finds on Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Ophrys, Serapias, Epipactis Daniel Tyteca1 (with Joaquim Pessoa, Luísa Borges, Conceição Pereira, Duarte V. Marques, Francisco Areias, Ivo Rodrigues, José Monteiro and Américo Pereira) 1 Université catholique de Louvain, Biodiversity Research Centre, Belgium Recent contributions to the Orchid Flora of Portugal Abstract Since publication of The Orchid Flora of Portugal in 1997 and its follow-ups until 2003, several new contributions were proposed, only part of which have been published. Among these, are discoveries of species that are indigenous in neighbouring Spanish territories (4 species), new localities of species that were already known in the country (15 sp.), as well as reattribution of existing species to different taxa (1 sp.). In some instances, species anciently recorded in Portugal, but no longer observed in recent periods, have been rediscovered (2 sp.). Even more noticeable are five (sub-) species that were described as new for Science, four of which are endemic to Portugal in the present state of knowledge. Particular hybrid findings were also reported. Those discoveries result either from close examination of critical groups (e.g., Ophrys, Serapias or Epipactis), or from new prospections in poorly explored territories, mainly thanks to intense activities conducted by the newly founded Portuguese Association for Spontaneous Orchids. Nowadays, 64 Orchid (sub-) species are known in (continental) Portugal. The list is most probably not closed, since some critical groups would deserve closer examination, especially in the genus Ophrys. The paper synthesizes the circumstances in which recent contributions were made, and discusses possible areas for further research. Photo: Orchis collina from Iberian Peninsula (Courtesy Prof. Roberto Gamarra, Madrid)
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:37:27 +0000
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