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Issue: Vol. 446 No. 3: 28 May 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-05-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.3.5
Page range: 205–208
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

Neottia nyinyikyawii (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), a new species from Chin State, Myanmar

State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China.
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China.
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar.
Nat Ma Taung (Mount Victoria) Neottia chandrae Neottia tenuis Monocots

Abstract

Neottia nyinyikyawii, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated from Nat Ma Taung, Chin State, Myanmar. Neottia nyinyikyawii is morphologically similar to N. chandrae and N. tenuis, but differs from them by having leaves borne in the middle of the plant, elliptic lip 7.0–8.0 × 1.5–2.0 mm and falcate lobelets. A preliminary assessment of the risk of extinction of this new species is Least Concern (LC).