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Issue: Vol. 645 No. 2: 23 Apr. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.2.8
Page range: 186-189
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 4

Neottia motuoensis (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang, China

Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plant, Ministry of Education/ College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China, State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan 666303, China
Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plant, Ministry of Education/ College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
Monocots China Taxonomy Neottia yunnanensis Orchidaceae

Abstract

Neottia motuoensis (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Motuo, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, was described and illustrated. Neottia motuoensis is similar to N. yunnanensis, but differs from it by having lip with side lobes at the base, disk with a pair of fleshy calli between lateral lobes, lobelets of the labellum short and rounded.

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