Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 697 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.697.1.7
Page range: 109-118
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 13

Liparis cordicallosa (Orchidaceae), a new species from China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
Yunnan Yelantang Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Kunming 650000, China
Yunnan Yelantang Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Kunming 650000, China
Kunming Xishan District Agriculture and rural Bureau, Yunnan 650100, China
Yunnan Yelantang Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Kunming 650000, China
State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
Monocots Liparis morphology phylogeny matK nrITS taxonomy

Abstract

A new orchid species, Liparis cordicallosa, is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China, based on comprehensive morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Morphological information reveals that L. cordicallosa is most similar to L. distans, but can be distinguished by its ovoid pseudobulbs enclosed by two clasping basal foliaceous sheaths, and a thick waxy and oblong lip recurved at the base and deflexed above middle, with a U-shape grooved and heart-shaped callus at its base, and an acuminate rostellum. The phylogenetic analysis using nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequences further supports the distinctiveness of L. cordicallosa as a distinct species, forming an independent lineage sister to L. distans and its allies (99% bootstrap support, 1.00 posterior probability).

References

  1. Cameron, K.M. (2005) Leave it to the leaves: a molecular phylogenetic study of Malaxideae (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 92: 1025–1032. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.6.1025
  2. Clarke, C.B. (1889) On the plants of KohirÃa and Muneypore. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 25: 71. t. 29.
  3. Gagnepain, F. (1932) Orchidacées nouvelles d’Indo-Chine. Bulletin de La Société Botanique de France 79 (2): 162–168. https://doi.org/10.1080/00378941.1932.10837245
  4. Griffith, W. (1851) Monocotyledonous plants. Notulae ad plantas asiaticas, 3. Bishop’s College Press, Calcutta, 277 pp.
  5. Guindon, S., Dufayard, J.F., Lefort, V., Anisimova, M., Hordijk, W. & Gascuel, O. (2010) New algorithms and methods to estimate Maximum-likelihood phylogenies: Assessing the performance of PhyML 3.0. Systematic Biology 59: 307–321. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syq010
  6. Huang, H.X., Chen, L.J., Liu, Z.J. & Li, M.H. (2018) Liparis vivipara (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses. Phytotaxa 351 (4): 289–295. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.351.4.5
  7. IUCN (2024) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2024.1. IUCN Red List Unit, Cambridge U.K. Available from: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (accessed 19 March 2025)
  8. Jin, X.H. (2011) Liparis cheniana (Malaxideae: Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. Annales Botanici Fennici 48: 163–165. https://doi.org/10.5735/085.048.0210
  9. Kalyaanamoorthy, S., Minh, B.Q., Wong, T.K.F., Von Haeseler, A. & Jermiin, L.S. (2017) ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates. Nature Methods 14: 587–589. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4285
  10. Li, L., Chung, S.W., Li, B., Zeng, S.J., Yan, H.F. & Li, S.J. (2020) New insight into the molecular phylogeny of the genus Liparis s.l. (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae) with a new generic segregate: Blepharoglossum. Plant Systematics and Evolution 306: 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01679-3
  11. Li, L. & Yan, H.F. (2013) A remarkable new species of Liparis (Orchidaceae) from China and its phylogenetic implications. PLoS ONE 8: e78112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078112
  12. Minh, B.Q., Nguyen, M.A.T. & Von Haeseler, A. (2013) Ultrafast approximation for phylogenetic bootstrap. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 1188–1195. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst024
  13. Nguyen, L.T., Schmidt, H.A., Von Haeseler, A. & Minh, B.Q. (2015) IQ-TREE: A fast and effective stochastic algorithm for estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 268–274. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu300
  14. Ormerod, P. (2007) Orchidaceous additions to the Flora of China and Vietnam (Ⅱ). Taiwania 52 (4): 307–314. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2007.52(4).307
  15. POWO (2025) Plants of the world online. Facilitated by the royal botanic gardens, Kew. Available from: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ (accessed 19 March 2025)
  16. Richard, L.C. (1817) De Orchideis Europaeis Annotations. Belin, Paris, 39 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15465
  17. Rolfe (1903) Orchidaceae: Epidendrea. Journal of the Linnean Society Botany 36: 1–6.
  18. Ronquist, F., Teslenko, M., Van Der Mark, P., Ayres, D.L., Darling, A., Höhna, S., Larget, B., Liu, L., Suchard, M.A. & Huelsenbeck, J.P. (2012) MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian phylogenetic inference and model choice across a large model space. Systematic Biology 61: 539–542. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/sys029
  19. Su, Y.Y., Huang, Y.L., Chen, L.J., Zhang, P.W., Liu, Z.J. & Zhang, G.Q. (2015) Liparis wenshanensis, a new orchid species from China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses. Phytotaxa 204 (4): 253–264. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.204.4.2
  20. Sun, Y., Skinner, D.Z., Liang, G.H. & Hulbert, S.H. (1994) Phylogenetic analysis of Sorghum and related taxa using internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 89: 26–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00226978
  21. Talavera, G. & Castresana, J. (2007) Improvement of phylogenies after removing divergent and ambiguously aligned blocks from protein sequence alignments. Systematic Biology 56: 564–577. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150701472164
  22. Tang, G.D., Zhang, G.Q., Hong, W.J., Liu, Z.J. & Zhuang, X.Y. (2015) Phylogenetic analysis of Malaxideae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae): two new species based on the combined nrDNA ITS and chloroplast matK sequences. Guihaia 35: 447–463.
  23. Tian, H.Z., Hu, A.Q., Liu, Q.X., Zhou, X.X., Hu, C., Chung, S.W. & Xing, F.W. (2016) Liparis tsii: a new species of Orchidaceae (tribe-Malaxideae) from Guangdong, China with its phylogenetic position. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 150: 1225–1232. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2015.1014445
  24. Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Li, X.C., Wu, Z.J., Yan, L., Lu, A., Xie, C.Z., Hu, C. & Huang, W.C. (2022) Liparis macrosepala (Orchidaceae), a new species from southwest China with its phylogenetic position. PhytoKeys 210: 67–77. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.210.87033
  25. Whitten, W.M., Williams, N.H. & Chase, M.W. (2000) Subtribal and generic relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with emphasis on Stanhopeinae: combined molecular evidence. American Journal of Botany 87: 1842–1856. https://doi.org/10.2307/2656837
  26. Xiao, F., Zhao, E.Q., Zhang, Z., Xu, R., Jia, M., Zhang, Y., Long, B. & Zhao, D.K. (2024) Liparis maguanensis (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Nordic Journal of Botany: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04625
  27. Ya, J.D., Lin, D.L., Han, Z.D., Cai, L., Zhang, Z.R., He, D.M., Jin, X.H. & Yu, W.B. (2021) Three new species of Liparis s.l. (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae) from Southwest China based on morphological characters and phylogenetic evidence. Plant Diversity 43: 401–408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2021.01.006
  28. Zhang, D., Gao, F.L., Jakovlić, I., Zou, H., Zhang, J., Li, W.X. & Wang, G.T. (2020) PhyloSuite: An integrated and scalable desktop platform for streamlined molecular sequence data management and evolutionary phylogenetics studies. Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 348–355. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13096

How to Cite

Long, B., Jia, R.-S.., Zhang, Z.., Xu, R.-H., Yang, L.-K., Zhang, Y.. & Zhao, D.-K. (2025) Liparis cordicallosa (Orchidaceae), a new species from China: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses. Phytotaxa 697 (1): 109–118. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.697.1.7