Sobralia cardosoi

Originally described by Marcos Antonio Campacci & Joao Batista Fernandes da Silva and published by Brasil Orquídeas, in: Coletânea de Orquideas Brasileiras 7, 'Novas Espécies e um Hibrido Natural,' Julho 2009, p. 254, two photos (one shown at left).

Perhaps named in honor of Jean Carlos Cardoso, Brazilian botanical researcher.

Thanks to George Carr for alerting me to the publication of this new species.

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Marcos Antonio Campacci and Joao Batista Fernandes da Silva July 2009. 'Novas Espécies e um Hibrido Natural,' in: Coletânea de Orquideas Brasileiras 7. Published by Brasil Orquídeas. Two photos, p. 254

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum, URL: http://botany.si.edu/ing/ from the U.S. National Herbarium, Dept. of Systematic Biology - Botany, Smithsonian Institution

International Plant Names Index [IPNI], www.ipni.org

Comments? Questions? Send e-mail: sobralia@autrevie.com.

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