Plant Diversity ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (05): 528-530.DOI: 10.3724 SP.J.1143.2008.07285

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Two New Species of Orchidaceae from China

LIU Zhong-Jian1 , 2 , CHEN Sing-Chi1 , 3 , LEI Si-Peng1 , 2   

  1. 1 The National Orchid Conservation Center, Shenzhen 518114 , China ; 2 The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen , Shenzhen 518114 , China ; 3 State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany ,
    Institute of Botany , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100093 , China
  • Received:2007-12-15 Online:2008-10-25 Published:2008-10-25
  • Contact: LIU Zhong-Jian

Abstract: Two new species of Orchidaceae from China, Bulbophyllum malipoense and Arachnis zhaoi, are described and illustrated. The former is related to B. unciniferum, from which it differs by having clustered, ovoid-globose pseudobulbs, smaller leaves 2 - 3.5 cm long, and shorter lateral sepals 1.4 - 1.7 cm long and with their middle margins connate to each other; the latter is akin to A. labrosa , from which it differs by its pale yellow-green flowers lacking red-brown marking, and its petals slightly broader than sepals.

Key words: Bulbophyllum malipoense

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