title: Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae).
abstract: Specklinia dunstervillei is described as a new species in recognition of the distinctness of a Venezuelan species related to and confused with Specklinia endotrachys. It was illustrated for the first time by G. C. K. Dunsterville in 1963 from a plant collected in Trujillo on the Cordillera de Merida. The newly named species can be easily recognized by its small habit, short leaves and small reddish-orange flowers, the non-ascending dorsal sepal and the obtuse petals that are shortly apiculate. Specklinia dunstervillei is formally described and illustrated once again and compared morphologically and genetically with its closest relatives.
authors.affiliation: Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, P.O. Box 302-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Adam P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Karremans
authors.affiliation: Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, P.O. Box 302-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica; Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pupulin
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gravendeel
mesh_terms: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D035264:Flowers / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics; D029595:Orchidaceae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer