Lepanthes galeottiana Salazar & Soto Arenas

Solano, Rodolfo, Licona, Ethian, Carral, Rodrigo & Téllez-Baños, Bruno, 2025, Two new species, nomenclatural notes and an updated checklist in Lepanthes (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from Mexico, Phytotaxa 687 (1), pp. 21-64 : 48

22. Lepanthes galeottiana Salazar & Soto Arenas *

Distribution:—OAX.

Specimens:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Capulalpam de Méndez, brecha a “La Colonia”, 7 July 1999, Pérez-Pablo AG-150 (UAMIZ!); Ixtlán de Juárez, Cerro El Chapulín, 4 June 1997, Arellanes 39 (MEXU!); San Felipe Usila, 8 km en línea recta al S de Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, 19 May 1994, Meave 1609 (MEXU), 3 October 1994, Rincón 490 (MEXU!), Rincón 491 (MEXU!), 2 November 1994, Rincón 511 (MEXU!); San Felipe Usila, cañada 6 km antes de Tepetotutla, 30 May 1986, Rivera 2583 (MEXU!); San Felipe Usila, cuenca del Río Perfume, terrenos de Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, 19 May 1994, Meave 1609 (MEXU!), 16 January 1996, Meave 1951 (MEXU!), Meave 1952 (MEXU!); San Juan Juquila Vijanos, ca. 51 km de Ixtlán de Juárez hacia Talea de Castro, collected 11 September 1988, pressed 14 September 1988, Salazar 4679 (AMES!, AMO!); San Juan Juquila Vijanos, 0.7 km del entronque Talea-Tanetze hacia Tanetze, 24 September 1996, Aguilar 785 (OAX!); Santiago Comaltepec, km 113 Tuxtepec hwy, collected 20 July 1968, pressed 23 July 1968, Scheeren sub Pollard L-125 (AMO!), Santiago Comaltepec, 39 km al S de Valle Nacional carr. a Oaxaca, 23 September 1977, Rzedowski 35438 (MEXU!); Santiago Comaltepec, 11.1 km al SW de La Esperanza carr. Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 17 December 1987, Campos 908 (MEXU!); Santiago Comaltepec, 5 km al O de la Esperanza carr. Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 26 January 1988, Torres 11339 (MEXU!); Santiago Comaltepec, km 113 Tuxtepec hwy, 11 September 1988, Salazar 3883 (AMO!), Salazar 4131 (AMO!, ENCB!), Salazar 4132 (AMO!, XAL!), Salazar 4675 (AMO!, MEXU!), Salazar 4676 (AMO!), Salazar 4677 (AMO!, CHAPA!), Salazar 4678 (AMO!), pressed 14 September 1988, Salazar 3899 (AMO!), Salazar 3900 (AMO!), Salazar 3902 (AMO!), Salazar 3903 (AMO!), Salazar 3904 (AMO!), Salazar 4680 (AMO!), pressed 30 September 1988, Salazar 4059 (AMO!), Salazar 4060 (AMO[in spirit]!), pressed 26 October 1988, Salazar 4063 (AMO!); Santiago Comaltepec, km 127.2 carretera Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 16 July 1978, Suárez & Greenwood 294-9 (AMO[in spirit]!), Suárez & Greenwood 294-8 (AMO[in spirit]!); Santiago Xiacuí, La Trinidad, 16 July 1999, Pérez-Pablo AG-192 (UAMIZ!); Totontepec Villa de Morelos, 2 km de Tototontepec Mixes hacia Ayutla, collected 15 September 1991, pressed 23 April 1992, Jiménez & Suárez sub . Salazar 5091 (AMO!); Tanetze de Zaragoza, Laguna de Tanetze, 26 Mayo 1997, Munn 306 (OAX!).

Other records:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Santiago Comaltepec, km 113 Tuxtepec hwy, 23 July 1968, Scheeren sub Pollard L-125 (AMO[photo]!), 24 July 1968, Scheeren sub Pollard L-128 (AMO[photo]!); Santiago Comaltepec, km 117 Tuxtepec hwy, 29 July 1968, Pollard L-130 (AMO[photo]!); Santiago Comaltepec, 56 mi S of Tuxtepec on Oaxaca-Tuxtepec hwy, 13 September 1971, Beatty sub Pollard L-141 (AMO[photo]!); km 114, Pan American hwy to Tuxtepec, Thurston T-1742 (AMO[drawing]!).

iNaturalist observation:— MEXICO. Oaxaca:Tanetze de Zaragoza, 31 July 2023, C. Tomás-López (https://mexico. inaturalist.org/observations/175998261).