Lankesteriana International Journal on Orchidology ISSN: 1409-3871
[email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Mújica, Ernesto; González, Elaine A NEW CHECKLIST OF ORCHID SPECIES FROM CUBA Lankesteriana International Journal on Orchidology, vol. 15, núm. 3, octubre, 2015, pp. 219-269 Universidad de Costa Rica Cartago, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44343538006 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative LANKESTERIANA 15(3): 219—269. 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v15i3.22613 A NEW CHECKLIST OF ORCHID SPECIES FROM CUBA0 ERNESTO MÚJICA1,3 & ELAINE GONZÁLEZ2 1 Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales ECOVIDA. Carretera a Luis Lazo, km 2.5, Pinar del Río. C.P. 20200, Cuba 2 Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa. Universidad de Pinar del Río. Carretera a Soroa, km 8, Candelaria, Artemisa, Cuba 3 Author for correspondence:
[email protected] ABSTRACT. In 2014, James D. Ackerman and collaborators published the last checklist of Cuban orchid species in the book, “Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles”. The aim of our study was to determine the current number of orchid species in Cuba and adjacent islands culminating in an updated checklist. We consulted numerous publications and reports, visited four herbaria, and refer to ongoing collaboration with leading specialists. A total of 91 genera and 312 species are documented. We provide comments on taxonomic status on noteworthy species.