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Issue: Vol. 286 No. 1: 25 November 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.286.1.6
Page range: 47–53
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Dendrobium maguanense (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphology and DNA

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China College of Arts, College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Chinese orchid flora Dendrobium sect. Dendrobium Yunnan orchids Monocots

Abstract

Dendrobium maguanense, a new species from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated in this study. Morphological study indicates that D. maguanense is similar to D. crepidatum, but differs in having much smaller flowers, oblong sepals, obovate-elliptic petals and an obovate lip with three weak longitudinal ridges and a pubescent basal callus. Molecular analysis based on nuclear and plastid markers shows that D. maguanense is closely related to D. crepidatum and this pair to D. crystallinum, D. section Dendrobium.