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Quito, Ecuador - 16 November 2023
1. Various different species of orchids that are native to Ecuador
Headline: DISCOVERY OF NEW SPECIES OF ORCHID
Annotation: Ecuador is home to over 4,000 native orchid species, thanks to its unique climatic and geographic conditions.
2. Various of the presentation of the new species of orchid found in Ecuador Lepanthes inesmanzanoae named after Inés Manzano, Ecuadorian environmental activist and lawyer who has worked and contributed in the field of environmental laws and climate action in the country
Annotation: Researchers from the EcoMinga Foundation say they've discovered a new native species - the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae.
Annotation: Found in the Río Manduriacu reserve in the Cordillera del Toisán, the orchid was named after Inés Manzano.
Annotation: Manzano is an environmental activist and lawyer who has contributed to environmental laws and climate action in Ecuador.
3. Marco Monteros pointing at orchid
4. Marco Monteros with Inés Manzano and other authorities showing the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae orchid
Annotation: After almost four years of research, Marco Monteros and his team presented their findings to the Ecuadorian National Biodiversity Institute.
5. Various of four species of orchids on display that were found in different parts of Ecuador and that are also found in other countries
Annotation: In addition to the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae, researchers also discovered four new species to Ecuador that are found in other countries.
6. Various different species of orchids that are native to Ecuador
Annotation: Ecuador has more than 350 species of native Lepanthes and the number continues to increase each year.
STORYLINE:
Ecuador is home to over 4,000 native orchid species, thanks to its unique climatic and geographic conditions.
Now, researchers from the EcoMinga Foundation say they've discovered a new native species - the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae.
Discovered in the Río Manduriacu reserve in the Cordillera del Toisán, the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae was named after Inés Manzano, an Ecuadorian environmental activist and lawyer who has worked and contributed to environmental laws and climate action in Ecuador.
In addition to the Lepanthes inesmanzanoae, researchers also discovered four new species to Ecuador that are found in other countries.
EcoMinga Foundation researcher, Marco Monteros and his team presented their findings to the Ecuadorian National Biodiversity Institute - a presentation almost four years in the making.
According to the research, the species is distinguished by its velvety, transversely bilobed petals; the shorter, triangular, attenuated lower lobe of the petal; the acute, triangular appendage; and the bilobed stigma.
Lepanthes is one of the richest genera within the subtribe Pleurothallidinae, with more than 1,180 species distributed in the Neotropics.
Ecuador has more than 350 species of native Lepanthes and the number continues to increase each year.
Ecuador's Cordillera del Toisán, where the new discovery was made, is part of the northwestern tropical Andes hotspot, considered to be the most biodiverse spot in the world.
In this region, the EcoMinga Foundation manages the Manduriacu River reserve, where conservation and protection of biodiversity, especially endangered species, is carried out.
AP video shot by Cesar Olmos
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