Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f.

Barberena, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin, Silva, Roberto da & Lopes, Rosana Conrado, 2022, Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha, Caldasia 44 (1), pp. 30-40 : 36

5. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f. ,

Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 3: 7, t. 214. 1830. Fig. 2e

Rupicolous herb. Leaves 6, sessile, distributed along the caulome; blade green, immaculate, chartaceous, flat, plicate, linear, parallel-veined, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence in raceme or panicle, lateral, multiflowered, glabrous. Flowers resupinate, ecalcarate; sepals and petals yellow to greenish-yellow, immaculate; lip yellow, trilobed.

Distribution: Restricted to Brazil and endemic to the Atlantic Forest domain (Flora do Brasil c2020).

Specimen examined: 22º57’31’’ S, 43º10’47’’ W, 9 Aug 2018 (fl), R. Silva s.n. ( RFA 43324 ) .

Figures

Figure 2. Parque Estadual da Chacrinha (PE Chacrinha) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: landscapes and species. a. Park entrance, b. Fragment of lowland dense ombrophilous forest, c. Rocky outcrop, d. Brassavola tuberculata Hook., e. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f., f. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst, g. Epidendrum secundum Jacq., h. Habenaria leptoceras Hook., i. Maxillaria subulata Lindl., j. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., k. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., l. Trichocentrum pumilum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams. Photos by Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin Barberena (a-c, f, g-j, and l) and Roberto da Silva (d-e, and k).