taxonID	type	description	language	source
87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 4 C	en	Horna, Luis Ocupa, Hagsater, Eric, Jimenez, Marco M. (2021): A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru. PhytoKeys 184: 55-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844
87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Peru. Cajamarca: San Ignacio, in a coffee plantation, close to the caserio Villa Rica, DDM 5 ° 5.1607 ' S, 78 ° 53.2076 ' W, elev. 1690 m, 03 April 2016, Ocupa 211 (holotype: HUT!). Similar to Epidendrum laxicaule D. E. Benn & Christenson, but differs in having smaller dorsal sepal (i. e. 2.4 x 0.4 cm vs. 3.2 x 0.6 cm) which is oblong-oblanceolate (vs. narrowly oblanceolate), with an obtuse apex (vs. acute), the linear and obtuse petals (vs. narrowly linear-lanceolate and acuminate), lip transversely cordate (vs. transverse), disc with 5 parallel and central ribs (vs. 5 parallel ribs projecting distally), a gibbous vesicle (vs. globose) and the stem section terete (vs. elliptic).	en	Horna, Luis Ocupa, Hagsater, Eric, Jimenez, Marco M. (2021): A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru. PhytoKeys 184: 55-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844
87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D.taxon	description	Description. Epiphytic herb, monopodial, branching, pendulous, slender, about 72 cm long including inflorescence. Roots 2 mm in diameter, basal, white, fleshy. Stems ca. 65 cm long, terete in cross section, new shoots produced from sub-apical nodes of primary stem, enveloped by tubular, fleshy, articulated, green with vinaceous spotted sheaths, membranaceous near leaf abscission, articulate and leaf-bearing above. Leaves 5.5 - 7.2 x 0.38 - 0.4 cm, linear, sessile, distichous, fleshy, semi-terete, descending, facing downwards, sulcate below, apex obtuse; sheaths 2.5 - 5.0 cm long, tubular, appressed, green with vinaceous spots as well as leaves. Inflorescence 7 cm long, apical, pendulous, 1 - 2 - flowered, covered to mid portion by 3 successive, imbricating sheaths; peduncle ca. 4.4 cm long, terete, green with pale vinaceous spots; rachis 2 cm long, terete; sheaths 0.8 - 2.2 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm, green with vinaceous spots, ensiform, tubular, laterally compressed, ancipitous, apex acute, decreasing in size. Floral bracts 2.5 x 1.5 mm, fawn-colored with vinaceous spots, longitudinally triangular, minute, apex acuminate, base truncate. Ovary ca. 2 cm long, pedicellate, green with vinaceous spots, progressively thickened towards apex, slightly recurved, with 3 longitudinal furrows, one adaxially and two laterally, forming a ventral gibbose vesicle at the apex with basal portion of column. Flowers 1 - 2, lax, pendulous, resupinate, unscented; sepals and petals green, dorsally tinged reddish brown, abaxially with vinaceous spots and white margin; lip cream, becoming amber as it ages; column light green with vinaceous dorsal side. Dorsal sepal 2.4 x 0.4 cm, free, oblong-oblanceolate, arched forward, 5 - veined, slightly concave in middle portion towards apex, 3 - canaliculate abaxially, margins attenuate, apex obtuse. Lateral sepals 2.3 x 0.75 cm, free, obliquely oblong-oblanceolate, arched forward, 5 - veined, slightly convex at base towards middle portion, margin slightly revolute, involute in middle portion towards apex, apex acute, dorsally keeled. Petals 2.2 x 0.2 cm, free, linear, slightly incurved, slender, 1 - veined, longitudinally somewhat oblique, obtuse, margins slightly recurved. Lip 2.2 x 2.0 cm, 3 - lobed, transversely cordate, apex emarginate, fleshy, rigid, strongly revolute in natural position, margin entire; lateral lobes 11.9 x 7.2 mm, semiorbicular when expanded; mid-lobe 15 x 7.5 mm, bilobate, ecallose, disc with 5 central, parallel, prominent, fleshy and thickened ribs, fused at base, disappearing in the middle of mid-lobe, the two most lateral ribs are much less prominent. Column 13 x 4 mm, clavate, forming a prominent, ventral, gibbose vesicle at base with apical portion of ovary; clinandrium-hood much reduced, margin entire. Anther 2.5 x 2.1 mm, broadly elliptical, yellowish green. Pollinia 4, fulvous, in 2 nearly equal pairs, obovoid, flattened at interfaces, caudicles attaching them in pairs, granulose, viscarium semi-liquid, translucent. Capsules not seen.	en	Horna, Luis Ocupa, Hagsater, Eric, Jimenez, Marco M. (2021): A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru. PhytoKeys 184: 55-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844
87EA92D477CA5E82A0841188ECD2E11D.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat and comments on the conservation of the species. This species is currently known only from the type locality in the northern zone of Peru, near the base of the hill known locally as Cerro Parcos, in the village of Villa Rica, San Jose de Lourdes district (Fig. 3). The habitat of Epidendrum lufinorum is within an area with high agricultural activity such as the cultivation of Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae Juss.). No more individuals of this species were found in the surrounding areas, but a fertile individual (holotype) and some other small specimens growing as epiphytes on the trunks of C. arabica plants, occasionally sharing the same phorophyte with other orchid species such as Gongora aromatica Rchb. f., Masdevallia glandulosa Koeniger, Stenia calceolaris (Garay) Dodson & D. E. Benn. and Telipogon astroglossus Rchb. f., which would support the hypothesis of a possible adaptation of this species to anthropized environments. However, its habitat continues to be fragmented as a consequence of tree felling, the expansion of agricultural crops and practices such as pruning and clearing coffee trees of epiphytic plants. The latter is a very common practice among the local population, as a way to maintain optimal conditions for the efficient production of coffee beans, however, it threatens the presence of the few individuals of E. lufinorum that may be growing. Most of the coffee crops were located near secondary forest patches with some individuals of trees as Cedrela odorata L., Delostoma integrifolium D. Don, Erythrina edulis Triana ex Micheli and Vochysia vismiifolia Spruce ex Warm.	en	Horna, Luis Ocupa, Hagsater, Eric, Jimenez, Marco M. (2021): A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru. PhytoKeys 184: 55-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.70844
