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Issue: Vol. 202 No. 3: 13 March 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.3.4
Page range: 207–213
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

Morphological comparisons of two pairs of easily confused species in subtribe Goodyerinae (Cranichideae; Orchidaceae)

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resource and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan 666303, China
Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Chinese orchids Rhomboda Zeuxine

Abstract

Two yellow-lipped species of Zeuxine viz. Z. flava and Z. sakagutii and another pair of species of Rhomboda, R. moulmeinensis and R. fanjingensis, are so similar that they are frequently misidentified. In this paper, based on field observations, study of type specimens and protologues, illustrations and comparisons of these two pairs of confused species are provided to enable identification.