Abstract
We report the first occurrence of Encyclia gonzalezii L.C. Menezes (Orchidaceae) from the state of Maranhão and the Northeast Region of Brazil. The species was collected in the Cerrado domain in Estreito, Maranhão. We present a map of the collection site, a morphological description, photographs, ecological comments, a provisional conservation assessment, and an identification key for the species of Encyclia from Maranhão.
Highlights
The genus Encyclia Hook. comprises about 150 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, from the southern United States through several countries of continental and insular Central America, to Argentina in southern South America
We report the first occurrence of Encyclia gonzalezii L.C
The preliminary conservation status of E. gonzalezii in Brazil was prepared based on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN 2012), guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List Criteria at regional and national levels, version 4 (IUCN 2010) and using the geographic coordinates of 16 specimens, 15 of them from online databases (Bastos et al 2018; Flora do Brasil 2020; SpeciesLink 2021), and one from our recent collection
Summary
Expansion of the geographic distribution of a Brazilian endemic, Encyclia gonzalezii L.C. Alessandro Wagner Coelho Ferreira1*, Ilisandra Zanandrea, Juliano dos Santos, Weslley Alexandre de Jesus Pereira, Miguel Sena de Oliveira
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