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Issue: Vol. 276 No. 1: 22 September 2016
Type: Monograph
Published: 2016-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.276.1.1
Page range: 1–148
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

An updated checklist of Orchidaceae for China, with two new national records

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, CATAS/Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden 201602, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Orchids of China Orchid checklist Porpax elwesii Rhomboda lanceolata Monocots China

Abstract

In this study, an updated checklist of Orchidaceae for China is presented based on all recently available literature and online resources relevant to new taxa, national or regional new records, and new taxonomic papers. This checklist includes 208 genera and 1695 taxa. Additionally, two new national records for Orchidaceae from Yunnan, viz. Rhomboda lanceolata and Porpax elwesii, are reported with detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations.