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Issue: Vol. 402 No. 4: 2 May 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.4.5
Page range: 216–218
Abstract views: 19
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Typification and a new synonym of Liparis atropurpurea (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, 7-Koregaon Road, Pune 411 001, Maharashtra, India
Monocots Orchidaceae

Abstract

The genus Liparis Richard (1817: 21) composed of about 400 species (Mabberley 2017), widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate areas of the World with maximal diversity in tropical Asia (Chen et al. 2009). In India it is represented by 51 species (Misra 2007).