Cremastra saprophytica (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), a new leafless autonomously self-pollinating orchid species from Gifu Prefecture, Japan

A new species of Cremastra (Orchidaceae), C. saprophytica, is described from Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The new species is similar to C. aphylla in having a leafless and mycoheterotrophic habit. However, it is distinguishable from C. aphylla by its green stem, more closed perianth tube, smaller lateral lobes of lip, smaller callus of lip positioned at base of the midlobe and absence of a rostellum and viscidium. An illustration and ecological information on the new species are provided. A key to the Cremastra species is also provided.

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Bulbophyllum putaoensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae; Malaxideae), a new species from Kachin State, Myanmar

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.305.1.9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 305 (1) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

QIANG LIU ◽

SHI-SHUN ZHOU ◽

REN LI ◽

MING-XIA ZHANG ◽

MYINT ZYAW ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Rugged Terrain ◽

A New Species ◽

New Distribution

The orchid flora of Myanmar is highly diverse but as yet poorly known in the continental Asia, which is largely a result of periods of past instability and political isolation of the country. Also the remoteness of many orchid-rich areas and the difficulties of investigation in rugged terrain have also played a role (Ormerod & Kumar, 2003; Kurzweil & Lwin, 2014). According to recent estimates about 800 orchid species are distributed in Myanmar (Kurzweil & Lwin, 2014), which were probably underestimated. Many new distribution records and new species have been published in the last few years (Ormerod, 2002, 2006, 2012; Ormerod & Kumar, 2003, 2008; Ormerod & Wood, 2010; Nyunt, 2006; Kurzweil et al., 2010; Kurzweil & Lwin, 2012a,b; Tanaka et al. 2011).

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Aspidistra latistyla (Asparagaceae), a new species from China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.512.1.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 512 (1) ◽

Author(s):

FU-YAN MO ◽

SHOU-ZHOU ZHANG ◽

CHUN-RUI LIN ◽

YAN LIU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Perianth Tube ◽

A New Species

Aspidistra latistyla, (Asparagaceae), a new Chinese species, is described and illustrated here. This new species is similar to A. longipetala in the shape of the flowers, but can be clearly distinguished by its taller leaves, the perianth lobes shorter than tube, stamens inserted in the upper-middle of perianth tube and the stigma cylindrical, 8–10 mm long, 7–9 mm in diameter.

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A New Orchid Species of Dendrobium Sect. Calcarifera from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia (Orchidaceae: Dendrobiinae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.383.2.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 383 (2) ◽

pp. 213

Author(s):

EDWARD ENTALAI BESI ◽

DOME NIKONG ◽

MUSKHAZLI MUSTAFA ◽

RUSEA GO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Montane Forest ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Summit Region ◽

A New Species

Dendrobium mizanii, a new species to science belonging to Dendrobium Sect. Calcarifera was discovered in a summit region of a disturbed montane forest in Setiu, Terengganu, and named after His Majesty Sultan of Terengganu, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. A description, illustration, field and comparison with the closely related species D. crocatum from Peninsular Malaysia and D. doloissumbinii from Borneo are provided here.

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Goodyera malipoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.186.1.4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 186 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qiu-Xiang Chen ◽

Gui-Zhen Chen ◽

Ming-He Li ◽

Shi-Pin Chen

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Detailed Comparison ◽

Distinct Species ◽

Molecular Study ◽

Its Sequence ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Morphological Differences ◽

A New Species

In this study, we describe a new orchid species, Goodyera malipoensis, from Yunnan, China. We have performed morphological and molecular analyses on this new species. A detailed comparison between the newly discovered orchid and other members of Goodyera was conducted. The new plant is characterized by having a dense brownish green pubescence on the peduncle. Its ovate-lanceolate petal is unique in Goodyera genus. The hypochile is deeply concave-saccate, and inside there are two papillose rows on each side. These features distinguish the new orchid from all other known species of Goodyera. The molecular study based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence data and morphological differences support G. malipoensis as a distinct species.

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A new species of Gastrodia (Gastrodieae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) from the Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.367.1.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 367 (1) ◽

pp. 78 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

KENJI SUETSUGU ◽

MONICA SULEIMAN ◽

HIROKAZU TSUKAYA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Area ◽

Tropical Regions ◽

Detailed Observation ◽

Perianth Tube ◽

A New Species

Gastrodia Brown (1810: 330; Gastrodieae, Epidendroideae) comprises mycoheterotrophic orchids from throughout the temperate and tropical regions of Asia, Oceania, Madagascar and Africa (Chung & Hsu 2006, Cribb et al. 2010, Tan et al. 2012). The genus is characterized by fleshy tubers, as well as the absence of normal leaves, union of sepals and petals and two mealy pollinia that lack caudicles. Furthermore, many Gastrodia species within section Codonanthus (Schlechter 1911, Tuyama 1967) produce inflorescences that are only 3–15 cm in length at flowering (Chung & Hsu 2006) and, owing to their short flowering seasons and dwarf habits, are seldom noticed when flowering (Tuyama 1982, Suetsugu et al. 2012). The identification of Gastrodia species requires detailed observation of floral features, such as lip and column morphology, that are hidden within the perianth tube.

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New taxa of Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from coastal Western Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v40i1.180 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 47-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

P. Goldblatt ◽

J. C. Manning

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

Field Work ◽

Western Cape ◽

Cape Coast ◽

Perianth Tube ◽

Pale Green ◽

A New Species

Discovery of populations south of Elandshaai of a small-flowered plant closely allied to Babiana ringens led to a critical re-evaluation of this sunbird-pollinated Western Cape species. We conclude that these populations represent a new species, B. avicularis, recognized by long, arching, subterete leaves, and flowers with the lower part of the perianth tube sigmoid and ± 4 mm long, a dorsal tepal 15-18 mm long, pale green lower tepals directed forward, and a style dividing below the bases of the anthers. In addition, the southern coastal populations of B. ringens merit recognition as a separate subsp. australis, recognized by the smaller flower, filaments not reaching the apex of the dorsal tepal and the style dividing at or below the bases of the anthers. Field work along the Western Cape coast also resulted in the discovery of a new species, B. teretifolia, allied to the distinctive B. brachystachys but differing from that species in the linear, spreading, twisted tepals, filaments 12 mm long, white anthers 5.5-6.0 mm long, and the style dividing opposite the anther tips, with branches ± 5 mm long and notched at the tips.

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Calanthe tsiana, a new orchid species from China (Epidendroideae: Collabieae): evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.428.1.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 428 (1) ◽

pp. 67-72

Author(s):

YAN-QIONG CHEN ◽

YA-TING ZHU ◽

HUI ZHONG ◽

ZE-XIN LI ◽

ZHONG-JIAN LIU ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Plastid Dna ◽

Sister Species ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Dna Evidence ◽

A New Species

A new orchid, Calanthe tsiana, is described from southeastern Yunnan, China, based on morphological and DNA evidence. In morphological comparisons, C. tsiana is similar to C. arisanensis, but it differs in having subspatulate petals and falcate-obovate lateral lobes of lip with one ridge on the disk. The phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA (rbcL, matK and trnL-trnF) place C. tsiana with C. arisanensis as sister species and support C. tsiana as a new species.

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Aspidistra xuansonensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.173.3.5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 173 (3) ◽

pp. 226 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vislobokov ◽

Dmitry Sokoloff ◽

Galina Degtjareva ◽

Carmen Valiejo-Roman ◽

Andrey Kuznetsov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dna Barcoding ◽

Southern China ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

Tube Shape ◽

Perianth Tube ◽

A New Species

The genus Aspidistra is the most diverse in southern China and northern Vietnam. We describe a new species Aspidistra xuansonensis from northern Vietnam including two varieties: A. xuansonensis var. xuansonensis with greenish white perianth and A. xuansonensis var. violiflora with purple perianth. We present DNA barcoding data of plastid psbA-trnH and nuclear 5SNTS regions for these two varieties in comparison with three other species of Aspidistra. Morphology of monopodial shoots of A. xuansonensis is described in detail. A. xuansonensis resembles recently described A. lingyunensis but differs in longer leaf petioles, longer lamina, perianth tube shape (tubular, widened at the base vs. funnel-shaped), higher anther position, and pistil shape (suddenly obconic to nearly umbrella-shaped vs. obconic gradually widened to stigma).

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Morphological, genome-size and molecular analyses of Apostasia fogangica (Apostasioideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.277.1.5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 277 (1) ◽

pp. 59 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

YA-YI YIN ◽

PING-SHENG ZHONG ◽

GUO-QIANG ZHANG ◽

LI-JUN CHEN ◽

SI-JIN ZENG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Genome Size ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

A New Species

After examining morphological, molecular and genome-size evidence, we describe and illustrate a new orchid species, Apostasia fogangica, from Guangdong, China. Morphological comparisons indicate that A. fogangica is similar to A. shenzhenica, although the habit, leaves, inflorescences and fruit shapes and sizes differ. Comparison of the genome sizes in Apostasioideae show that A. fogangica is 1C=0.952 pg, which is double the size of A. shenzhenica but close to that of A. wallichii. Molecular analyses from combined nuclear and plastid datasets (ITS, matK and trnL-F) indicate that A. fogangica is sister to A. nipponica plus A. shenzhenica. The morphological, genome-size and molecular evidence support the hypothesis that A. fogangica is a new species.

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Gastrodia kuroshimensis (Orchidaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic and complete cleistogamous plant from Japan

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.278.3.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 278 (3) ◽

pp. 265 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

KENJI SUETSUGU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Floral Morphology ◽

Tube Size ◽

Close Affinity ◽

Perianth Tube ◽

Kagoshima Prefecture ◽

A New Species

A new species, Gastrodia kuroshimensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Gastrodieae), from Kuroshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, is described and illustrated. The outlined floral morphology indicates a close affinity to G. fontinalis, but it is easily distinguished by several characteristics, such as the cleistogamous floral condition, smaller perianth tube size and the anther cap joined with the column.

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