Monday, May 22, 2023

[Botany • 2023] Corybas hamiguitanensis (Orchidaceae) • A New Species from a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Philippines


Corybas hamiguitanensis Tandang, Galindon, R.Bustam.,

in Tandang, Docot, Galindon, Reyes, Tadiosa, Tandang, Moran et Bustamante, 2023. 
 
Abstract
A new species of helmet orchid, Corybas hamiguitanensis, is herein described and illustrated. It is the first species of the genus recorded in Mindanao Island, Philippines. This novel species occupies varied climatic zones along different altitudinal gradients ranging from lowland evergreen rainforest up to the mossy forest of Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary.

Keywords: Acianthinae, Diurideae, endemic, Malesia, Mindanao, Plant diversity, Monocots



𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔 Tandang, Galindon, R.Bustam.


Danilo N. Tandang, Rudolph Valentino A. Docot,  John Michael Galindon, Tomas Reyes Jr., Edwin R. Tadiosa, Sue Dixie A. Tandang, Cecilia B. Moran and Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante. 2023. Corybas hamiguitanensis (Orchidaceae), A New Species from a UNESCO world heritage site in the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 598(1); 80-88. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.598.1.6