Wednesday, December 18, 2024

[Botany • 2024] Neottia motuoensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Neottieae) • A New Species from Xizang, China

 

Neottia motuoensis X.H. Jin, 
 
in Wen, Ye, Lin, Li, Song et Jin, 2024. 
 
Abstract
Neottia motuoensis (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Motuo, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, was described and illustrated. Neottia motuoensis is similar to N. yunnanensis, but differs from it by having lip with side lobes at the base, disk with a pair of fleshy calli between lateral lobes, lobelets of the labellum short and rounded.

Monocots, China, Taxonomy, Neottia yunnanensis, Orchidaceae

Habitat of Neottia motuoensis sp. nov. 
(Photographed by Xiaohua Jin)

Morphological characters of Neottia motuoensis sp. nov. 
 A: Flowering plant. B: Tepals (a: Dorsal sepal b: Petals c: Lateral sepal d: Lip). C–E: Flower, side view (Photographed by Chao Ye) F: Lateral lobes G: Column.
Notes: Red arrows on D refer to auricles at the base; red arrows on B refer to irregular tooth from base extending to the sinus between lobes.

Neottia motuoensis X.H. Jin, sp. nov.


HAIXIA WEN, CHAO YE, DONGLIANG LIN, JIANWU LI, XIQIANG SONG and XIAOHUA JIN. 2024. Neottia motuoensis (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), A New Species from Xizang, China.  Phytotaxa. 645(2); 186-189. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.645.2.8 [2024-04-23]