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Issue: Vol. 484 No. 3: 18 February 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.484.3.4
Page range: 291–297
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

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

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Wenshan University, Wenshan 663099, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape and Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Cymbidium Chinese orchids Cymbidieae Cymbidiinae Cymbidium section Jensoa Cymbidium xichouense orchids of Yunnan Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae), Cymbidium xichouense, from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological evidence and molecular analyses. The new orchid is morphologically similar to C. qinbeiense, but it has several morphological features that distinguish it from C. qiubeinense and all other recognized species in Cymbidium. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear (ITS) and plastid DNA (matK) were conducted, and the results also supported the status of C. xichouense as a new species, which is sister to C. qiubeiense.