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Issue: Vol. 374 No. 3: 7 November 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.374.3.6
Page range: 249–256
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Cymbidium daweishanense (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Shenzhen 518114, China Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Shenzhen 518114, China Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Fuzhou 350002, China Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Fuzhou 350002, China
Chinese orchid flora Cymbidium Cymbidiinae Cymbidium section Eburnea Cymbidium subgenus Cyperorchis Monocots

Abstract

A new orchid species, Cymbidium daweishanense, from Yunnan Province, China, is described based on morphological and molecular analyses and illustrated. A detailed comparison between the newly discovered orchid and other members of Cymbidium was conducted. The new plant was similar to C. erythraeum, C. subgenus Cyperorchis, but differs in having smaller flowers, a lip free from even the basal margins of column and a glabrous column with many purple blotches. The phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid (matK, rbcL) sequence data support the status of C. daweishanense as a new species.