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Issue: Vol. 314 No. 2: 25 July 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.12
Page range: 289–293
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

An unusual new epiphytic species of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae: Epidedroideae) from Hainan, China

Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences / Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou 571737, China
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, China
Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences / Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou 571737, China
Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences / Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou 571737, China
Chinese Orchidaceae Cymbidium Monocots

Abstract

Cymbidium lii (Orchidaceae: Epidedroideae: Cymbidiinae), endemic to Hainan, China and the only one well-developed rhizome epiphytic species ever found in the genus, is newly described. A detailed morphology comparison including the seed characters between the newly discovered orchid and the related species was conducted. A local palm, Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A. Chev was found to be the unique host plant. It is considered to be critically endangered according to the latest IUCN Red List criteria.