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Quechua glabrescens is a terrestrial orchid from the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andean foothills, the sole species in its genus. It is a tuberous lithophyte, so it grows on rocky or mossy surfaces in seasonally dry tropical settings, and it is rarely cultivated.
Quechua glabrescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Peru and Ecuador. It was first discovered in Peru and described by botanist T. Hashimoto in 1971 as Spiranthes glabrescens . Following its rediscovery in the Rio Anzu Reserve in the Amazonian foothills near Mera, Ecuador, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that it did not belong within Spiranthes or Cyclopogon. As a result, in 2012, Gerardo A. Salazar and Lou Jost formally published the new monotypic genus Quechua, reclassifying the species as Quechua glabrescens. As of July 2023, it is the only species in the genus Quechua.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
