Lepanthes samacensis Ames, 1923

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 : 57

53. Lepanthes samacensis Ames

= Lepanthes pubilabia Schltr.

Distribution:—CHS, OAX, VER.

Specimens:— MEXICO. Chiapas: La Trinitaria, 4 km E of Laguna Tziscao near Dos Lagos, 19 October 1974, Breedlove 38895 (MEXU!); La Trinitaria, Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello, 1 February 1989, Soto 4559 (AMO!); Tapalapa, camino a Cerro La Bandera, 15 February 2010, Hernández-Najarro 3044b (CHIP!); Villa Flores, Cerro Tres Picos, collected 10 June 1986, pressed 16 February 1987, Soto 3143 (AMO!). Oaxaca: San Juan Juquila Mixes, collected 1967, pressed 3 July 1968, Miller sub Pollard L-l20 (AMO!); San Juan Juquila Mixes, Olegario’s woods, collected 11 May 1969, pressed 16 May 1969, Stubblefield sub Pollard L-136 (AMO!), pressed 21 May 1969, Pollard L-138 (AMO!); San Juan Juquila Mixes, beadwaters of río NW of town, collected August 1971, pressed 26 November 1971, Stubblefield sub Pollard L-142 (AMO!); San Juan Juquila Mixes, cumbre east of town on Ocotepec road, collected August 1973, pressed 19 October 1973, Miller sub Pollard L-156 (AMO!); San Miguel Chimalapa, Colonia Rodulfo Figueroa, Baúl area, collected May 1967, pressed 4 July 1968, Galley sub Pollard L-ll5 (AMO!). Veracruz, San Andrés Tuxtla, cima del Volcán San Martín Tuxtla, 30 July 2005, Krömer 2440 (MEXU!, SEL!).

Other record:— MEXICO. Chipas: Villa Flores, Cerro Tres Picos, 8 April 2013, Martínez-Ovando s.n. (OAX[photo]!). Oaxaca: San Miguel Chimalapa, Colonia Rodulfo Figueroa, Baúl area, 1 May 1968, G.E. Pollard 1053 (AMO[photo]!).

iNaturalist observation:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: San Juan Tabaá, 8 July 2023, C. Tomás- López (https://mexico. inaturalist.org/observations/174770240).