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Issue: Vol. 247 No. 2: 19 February 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.247.2.6
Page range: 138–142
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Cheirostylis acuminata (Orchidaceae; Cranichideae; Goodyerinae): a new species from Yunnan Province, China

Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Orchidaceae Cranichideae Goodyerinae Monocots China

Abstract

Cheirostylis Blume (1825: 413) is characterized by a column with two stelids, two well-separated stigma lobes and connate sepals that form a tube. There are about 55 species, mainly distributed in tropical Africa, through Southeast Asia, Japan, Indonesia and Pacific islands to Australia (Pridgeon et al. 2003, Chen et al. 2009, Bhattacharjee 2012, Govaerts et al. 2012). There are 18 species reported from China, of which 8 species are believed to be endemic (Averyanov et al. 2009, Chen et al. 2009, Lin & Lin 2009, Yang et al. 2013).