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Issue: Vol. 186 No. 1: 19 November 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.186.1.4
Page range: 51–60
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Goodyera malipoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

College of Landscape, 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 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 Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
College of Landscape, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Asian orchids Goodyera repens Goodyera phylogenetics Goodyerinae

Abstract

In this study, we describe a new orchid species, Goodyera malipoensis, from Yunnan, China. We have performed morphological and molecular analyses on this new species. A detailed comparison between the newly discovered orchid and other members of Goodyera was conducted. The new plant is characterized by having a dense brownish green pubescence on the peduncle. Its ovate-lanceolate petal is unique in Goodyera genus. The hypochile is deeply concave-saccate, and inside there are two papillose rows on each side. These features distinguish the new orchid from all other known species of Goodyera. The molecular study based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence data and morphological differences support G. malipoensis as a distinct species.