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Issue: Vol. 316 No. 3: 8 August 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.316.3.8
Page range: 285–291
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Oberonia bopannae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Malaxideae: Malaxidinae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh (India)

Botanical Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki View, Itanagar, District Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh 791 111, India.
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
Orchids DNA barcoding & North-Eastern India Monocots

Abstract

Oberonia bopannae is described as a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India and is compared with its allied species, Oberonia gammiei and Oberonia mucronata. Detailed analysis of DNA barcodes, based on ITS and matK, distinguished newly described species from its allied species and also from other species of Oberonia, sequences of which are available on GenBank.