1. Specklinia crepidophylla (Rchb.f.) Solano & Licona, comb. nov. ≡ Pleurothallis crepidophylla Reichenbach (1878: 18). ≡ Humboltia crepidophylla (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891: 667). Type: — ECUADOR: Chimborazo: Alausí, río Chimbo, 700 ft, “an Baumstämmen. April 1877. 700 ft”. F.C. Lehmann s.n. (holotype: W-0049043 [include an analytical drawing of the flower]! (Figure 8). Taxonomic discussion:— According to Reichenbach (1878), Specklinia crepidophylla (Figure 9) is characterized by its caespitose habit with abbreviated stems; elliptic to obovate-elliptic, obtuse, margined leaves, purplish or green and tinged with purple, abruptly tapering at the base into a short petiole; racemose inflorescence, up to twice the length of the leaf, erect, peduncle slightly longer than the leaf; with up to 6 secund, simultaneous, ascendent flowers, pedicel shorter than the flower’s length, sepals yellow with red stripes along the veins; dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, acute, the lateral ones fused into an elliptic, acute synsepal, shortly 2-lobed; petals lanceolate, falcate, obtuse; lip oblong, obtuse. Distribution:— Ecuador. Specimens examined: — ECUADOR. Azuay: Cordillera de Molleturo, above río Shumiral, 650 m, 27 January 1992, Luer et al. 16190 (MO!); El Oro: Cantón Pasaje, pasando el control Quera, vía a Chilla, 200-300 m, 05 May 2015, Zambrano B. s.n. (QCNE!); Esmeraldas: Epiphytic in forest west of Lita, 300 m, 12 January 1992, C. Luer, A. & X. Hirtz, P. & A. Jesup, M. Evans & J. del Hierro 15573 (MO!).

Published as part of Edquén, José D., Yrigoín, Elmer, Enco, Mabel, Edquen, Kely, Velásquez, Roger, Casanova, Rómulo, Aguirre, Miluska L., Velásquez, Wiilly, Arista, Jessy P., Licona, Ethian, Oliva-Cruz, Manuel, Zambrano, Bosco J., Salazar, Gerardo A. & Solano, Rodolfo, 2025, New records and nomenclatural notes in the Specklinia grobyi complex (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from Peru, including the description of a new species from the western Amazon, pp. 213-231 in Phytotaxa 704 (3) on page 225, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/16719012