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Issue: Vol. 477 No. 2: 24 December 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.477.2.10
Page range: 261–268
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Corybas boholensis (Orchidaceae): A New Jewel Orchid Species from Bohol Island, Central Visayas, Philippines

Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan Philippine National Herbarium, Botany and National Herbarium Division, National Museum of Natural History, T.M. Kalaw St., Street, Ermita Manila 1000, Philippines
Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Banos, College, Los Baños 4031, Laguna, Philippines
Philippine Taxonomic Initiative, Inc. El Nido, Palawan 5313, Philippines
Philippine National Herbarium, Botany and National Herbarium Division, National Museum of Natural History, T.M. Kalaw St., Street, Ermita Manila 1000, Philippines
Science Department, College of Science, Bulacan State University, City of Malolos, Bulacan, 3000, Philippines
De La Salle University, 2401Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila 1004, Philippines
Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 USA
Monocots Diurideae Acianthinae Malesia karst taxonomy micro-endemic

Abstract

A new, critically endangered jewel orchid species, Corybas boholensis, is described and illustrated from forest over limestone on Bohol Island, Philippines. This diminutive species, belonging to the C. pictus complex, is distinct in having a deep red flower and a truncate, warty dorsal sepal with 9–11 veins at its widest point near the apex. This is the fifth species of Corybas recorded for the Philippines.