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Issue: Vol. 66 No. 1 (2012)
Type: Article
Published: 2012-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.66.1.6
Page range: 38–42
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Gastrodia albidoides (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Herbarium(TAIF), Taiwan Forest Research Institute, No. 53, Nanhai Rd., Taipei 10066, Taiwan
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Chinese Orchidaceae Epidendroideae Gastrodieae holomycotrophic orchids Monocots

Abstract

A new species, Gastrodia albidoides (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Gastrodieae) from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is closely related to G. theana and G. albida but can be distinguished by an almost smooth perianth tube, lateral sepals fused to ½ their length, whitish and unthickened petals, a well-developed rostellum and distinct column foot.