Four hybrids between
Serpocaulon species have been described, one of them
S. ×
sessilipinnum was the only known hybrid between two different clades proposed by Smith
et al. In this work, a new hybrid
S. ×
orosiense is described, being the second known hybrid between clades: 1)
Serpocaulon loriceum and 2)
S. fraxinifolium. The detailed study of the intermediate morphology of the characters of the new taxon and their progenitors were made by ...