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Issue: Vol. 332 No. 1: 15 December 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.6
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Bulbophyllum yunxiaoense sp. nov. (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Malaxideae) from Fujian, China: Morphological and molecular analyses

College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Management Office of Yushan Scenic Area, Fuzhou 350001, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Monocots Asian orchids Dendrobiinae phylogenetics Sect. Cirrhopetalum

Abstract

We have described and illustrated a new species, Bulbophyllum yunxiaoense (Malaxideae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae), from Fujian Province in southeast China. The size and overall floral morphology of the new species are similar to those of Bulbophyllum pingtungense, a species endemic to Taiwan Island on the southeast coast of China and its closest relative according to a cladistic analysis of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (matK, trnL-F, and atpI-atpH) DNA sequences. However, B. yunxiaoense is distinguishable from B. pingtungense by flower colour, shorter scape, and longer lateral sepal.