Native to Perú
Edited 29 June 2007
Original publication in "Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum," fourth installment.
A newly published species, based on collections made in Perú by David E. Bennett.
Roque and León (2006) say that it grows near Paucartambo, in Pasco Department, at 1980-2000 m elevation.
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Print References:
David E. Bennett Jr. & Eric A. Christenson (2001) "Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum (Ic. Orchidac. Peruv.)," fourth installment, plate nos. 601 to 800, unbound, shrink-wrapped, 400 pp. [Five Sobralias: altissima, calliantha, hirta, ruarupaensis, withneri].
José Roque and Blanca León (December 2006) "Orchidaceae endemicas del Perú," in: Rev. Peru. Biol., 13(2): 759s-878s. Link:
http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/biologia/v13n2/pdf/a145.pdf.
[Sobralia altissima, calliantha, hirta, ruparupaensis, turkeliae, weberbaueriana]
Web References:
Club Peruano de Orquideas,
Galería de Orquídeas Peruanas: Sobralia
Club Peruano de Orquideas, Géneros nativos del Perú
International Plant Names Index [IPNI], www.ipni.org
ING: Index Nominum Genericorum, URL: http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/ from the U.S. National Herbarium, Dept. of Systematic Biology - Botany, Smithsonian Institution.
