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Issue: Vol. 192 No. 2: 9 January 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.192.2.4
Page range: 112–116
Abstract views: 14
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from Guangxi, China

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. Administrative Bureau of Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve, Baise 533209, China Yachang Orchid Research Center, Baise 533209, China
Yachang Orchid National Nature Preserve, Baise 533209,China YachangOrchidResearchCenter, Baise 533209,China
Guangxi Yachang Forestry Farms, Baise 533209, China
Administrative Bureau of Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve, Baise 533209, China Yachang Orchid Research Center, Baise 533209, China
Administrative Bureau of Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve, Baise 533209, China
Administrative Bureau of Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve, Baise 533209, China Yachang Orchid Research Center, Baise 533209, China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Habenaria yachangensis Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve H. malintana H. finetiana

Abstract

A new species of Orchidaceae, Habenaria yachangensis, from Yachang National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species can be distinguished from the other species in genus Habenaria Willd. by having green to greenish white flowers, dorsal sepal and lip tripartite, lateral sepals lobed, petal with 2 ridges in both sides along the middle vein. Habenaria yachangensis is restricted in a single mountaintop in Yachang National Nature Reserve, and is considered as critical endangered.