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Issue: Vol. 351 No. 4: 7 June 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.351.4.5
Page range: 289–295
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Liparis vivipara (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Chinese orchids false twayblade Liparis layardii subclade Malaxis phylogenetics Monocots

Abstract

A new orchid species, Liparis vivipara (Malaxidinae, Malaxideae, Epidendroideae), from Yunnan Province, China, is illustrated and described based on morphological and molecular analyses. The new plant is remarkably characterised by the upper older pseudobulbs often bearing black bulbils. Molecular analyses of nrITS and plastid matK DNA support this new species as sister to L. formosana and L. odorata.