TABLE 2 in Overlooked for 200 years: a new species of Sacoila (Orchidaceae) from the Espinhaço mountain range of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil

TABLE 2. Comparison of S. espinhacensis with morphologically similar species. Abbreviations of the Brazilian states: BA, Bahia; GO, Goiás; MG, Minas Gerais; PR, Paraná; SP, São Paulo. S. espinhacensisS. cerradicolaS. hassleriS. lanceolataFloweringmostly rainy seasondry seasonrainy seasondry seasonLeaves at anthesisusually presentusually absentpresentusually absentLeaf insertionpseudopetiolatepseudopetiolatepseudopetiolatesessileLeaf vernationflatflatconduplicateflatLeaf length × width cm5.6–17(–25) × 1.2–4.511–14 × 2.5–49–37 × 1–2.614–47 × 2.8–6.5Leaf length to width ratio2.5–6.83–4.74.5–18.73.5–8.5(–10.4)Leaf hyaline marginconspicuousconspicuousconspicuousinconspicuousRachis length cmshort, 2.5–11elongated, (4.5–)7–12(–18)elongated, (6–)10–15(–17)variableFlower pedicelevidentsubsessileevidentevidentFlower colourorange (sepals, petals, and lip)orange (sepals), whitish (petals and lip)orangered, pink or salmonLateral sepals length × width mm19–28 × 4–67–9 × 3–514–20 × 4–6.519–31 × (2.5)4–6(7)Lip length × width mm16.5–25 × 5.5–88.5–12 × 3.5–616–21.5 × 5–917–26 × (4)6–9(11)DistributionBrazil, Espinhaço Range (BA, MG)Brazil, Chapada dos Veadeiros (GO)Brazil (MG, PR, SP) & Paraguaywidely spread, Neotropics