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| Hemipilia yajiangensis G.W.Hu, Jia X.Yang & Q.F.Wang, in Yang, Peng, Wang, ... et Wang, 2022. |
Summary
Hemipilia yajiangensis, a new orchid species from western Sichuan, China is described and illustrated based on molecular and morphological evidence. It is morphologically similar to H. galeata and H. hemipilioides, but H. yajiangensis is clearly distinguished by its ovate to broadly ovate, deep green with whitish reticulate lined leaf, elliptic dorsal sepal, lanceolate to ligulate lateral lip lobe, as well as obovate and sometimes nearly quadrate midlobe. Phylogenetically, nuclear (nrITS) and plastid (combined matK, psaB, psbA-trnH, rbcL plus trnL-F) trees consistently demonstrate that H. yajiangensis is sister to H. galeata, and support the new species as one of the members of H. sect. Hemipilia as defined by Tang et al.
Key Words: Hemipilia sect. Hemipilia, morphology, subtribe Orchidinae, taxonomy
Hemipilia yajiangensis G.W.Hu, Jia X.Yang & Q.F.Wang, sp. nov.
Jiaxin Yang, Shuai Peng, Junjie Wang, Yan Wang, Shixiong Ding, Jing Tian, Guangwan Hu and Qingfeng Wang. 2022. Hemipilia yajiangensis (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae), A New Species from western Sichuan, China, based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence. Kew Bulletin. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-022-10049-w
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