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Issue: Vol. 374 No. 1: 1 November 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.374.1.4
Page range: 54–62
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Reinstatement of the Sikkim Himalaya species Oberonia orbicularis (Orchidaceae, Malaxideae)

South China Limestone Plants Research Center and College of Forestry & Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642,China Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
taxonomy synonym Monocots

Abstract

Oberonia orbicularis (Orchidaceae, Malaxideae) has been treated as the synonym of O. pachyrachis, O. obcordata and O. maxima, respectively. Our critical examination of protologues and type materials of these four names demonstrates that they are morphologically distinct from each other. We therefore reinstate the independent specific status of O. orbicularis. A detail description of this species was also provided.