Taxonomic revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) in Colombia

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.7385 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. e7385 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dariusz L. Szlachetko ◽

Marta Kolanowska

Keyword(s):

Central America ◽

Species Identification ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Geographical Range ◽

Andean Region ◽

Terminal Bud ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Resupinate Flowers

The geographical range of the orchid genus Cranichis extends from USA, Central America, and the Caribbean to Bolivia and Argentina—with the greatest diversity observed in the Andean region. This taxon embraces herbs with the scape and basal leaves developing from a single, terminal bud and having the scape enclosed in several sheaths. The small, non-resupinate, flowers are arranged in a racemose inflorescence. The petals and lip are free from the column part and their gynostemium is short and massive. In this paper, the synopsis of Cranichis in Colombia is presented. Each species occurring in the country is characterized and illustrated. The information about habitat and distribution of national genus representatives are provided. Several groups of species that are very similar in their morphology are delineated to facilitate process of species identification. A total of 10 species are described here as new. Lectotypes for the six species Cranichis ciliata, C. fendleri, C. mandonii, C. tenuis, C. viereckii, and C. wageneri have been selected. Additionally, two new nomenclatorial combinations within Ocampoa are proposed.

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Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Ixchela Huber, 2000 (Araneae: Pholcidae), with description of ten new species from Mexico and Central America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3608.5.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3608 (5) ◽

pp. 285-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ALEJANDRO VALDEZ-MONDRAGÓN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Central America ◽

Species Identification ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Identification Keys ◽

Taxonomic Information ◽

Males And Females ◽

First Time ◽

New Distribution

A taxonomic revision of the genus Ixchela Huber, 2000 is presented. The previously described five species are redescribed with new taxonomic information and new distribution records. The males of Ixchela placida (Gertsch, 1971) and Ixchela simoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) are described for the first time. Ten new species are described, nine from Mexico and one from Honduras: Ixchela mixe new species, Ixchela huberi new species, Ixchela juarezi new species, Ixchela grix new species, Ixchela taxco new species, Ixchela franckei new species, Ixchela tzotzil new species, Ixchela santibanezi new species, Ixchela huasteca new species, and Ixchela viquezi new species. Identification keys for males and females are presented.

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Taxonomic revision of the genusSmilax (Smilacaceae)in Central America and the Caribbean Islands

Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem ◽

10.3372/wi.40.40208 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 227-280 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta

Keyword(s):

Central America ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Caribbean Islands ◽

The Caribbean

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Local Histories/Global Designs

10.23943/princeton/9780691156095.001.0001 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Walter D. Mignolo

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Central America ◽

Postcolonial Studies ◽

The United States ◽

Philosophy Of History ◽

South Central ◽

The Social ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Border Thinking ◽

East West

This book is an extended argument about the “coloniality” of power. In a shrinking world where sharp dichotomies, such as East/West and developing/developed, blur and shift, this book points to the inadequacy of current practices in the social sciences and area studies. It explores the crucial notion of “colonial difference” in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which the book calls “border thinking.” Further, the book expands the horizons of those debates already under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling on the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America, the Caribbean, and Latino/as in the United States. The book's concept of “border gnosis,” or sensing and knowing by dwelling in imperial/colonial borderlands, counters the tendency of occidentalist perspectives to manage, and thus limit, understanding. A new preface discusses this book as a dialogue with Hegel's Philosophy of History.

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