Wednesday, February 28, 2024

[Botany • 2024] Calanthe yingjiangensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) • A New Species from Yunnan, China: evidence from morphological and molecular data

 

Calanthe yingjiangensis J.L.Miao & J.W.Zhai, 

in Miao, Wang, Li, Yue, Chen, Liang, Chen, Wu, Liu et Zhai, 2024. 
 
Abstract
A new species of Orchidaceae, Calanthe yingjiangensis, is described from Yingjiang (Yunnan, China) based on morphology and molecular phylogenetics. This new species is like C. puberula, but it differs from the latter in its midlob of lip with an elliptic yellow spot near the base of the column and four purple veins, triangular lateral lip lobs that is much smaller than middle lobe and twisted lateral sepals. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on three plastid DNA makers (rbcL, matK and trnL-trnF) and nuclear ribosomal ITS support C. yingjiangensis as sister to C. puberula in Calanthe section Vernae.

Calanthe, Epidendroideae, phylogeny, Orchids of Yunnan, Monocots


   

Calanthe yingjiangensis J.L.Miao & J.W.Zhai, sp. nov.


Jiang-Lin Miao, Qiang Wang, Kai-Fan Li, Ma-Mai Yue, Chen Chen, Cui-Yu Liang, Lu Chen, Sha-Sha Wu, Zhong-Jian Liu and Jun-Wen Zhai. 2024. Calanthe yingjiangensis (Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae), A New Species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular data.  Phytotaxa. 636(4); 295-300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.636.4.4
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