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Issue: Vol. 428 No. 1: 6 January 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.428.1.7
Page range: 67–72
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

Calanthe tsiana, a new orchid species from China (Epidendroideae: Collabieae): evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation & Engineering Application Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, China
Calanthe Epidendroideae orchids of Yunnan Monocots

Abstract

A new orchid, Calanthe tsiana, is described from southeastern Yunnan, China, based on morphological and DNA evidence. In morphological comparisons, C. tsiana is similar to C. arisanensis, but it differs in having subspatulate petals and falcate-obovate lateral lobes of lip with one ridge on the disk. The phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA (rbcL, matK and trnL-trnF) place C. tsiana with C. arisanensis as sister species and support C. tsiana as a new species.