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| Bulbophyllum abuniorum Saputra & Schuit., in Saputra, Schuiteman, Ulimpa, Fitrah Darwis, Junial, Nuburi et Santoso, 2025. |
Abstract
A new species of Bulbophyllum from section Lepidorhiza, B. abuniorum Saputra & Schuit., is described based on specimens from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, New Guinea. A detailed morphological description and diagnosis, information on distribution and ecology, and a preliminary conservation assessment are provided. A key to the species of Bulbophyllum section Lepidorhiza in New Guinea is also presented.
Keywords: Abun Tribe, Pegunungan Tambrauw, West Papua, endemic, indentification key
Bulbophyllum abuniorum Saputra & Schuit., sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Bulbophyllum abuniorum is similar to Bulbophyllum levyae Garay, Hamer & Siegerist (1995:176) especially in the shape of sepals and petals, the relatively long lip, and in the several simultaneously opening flowers (flowers usually opening one at a time in other species of sect. Lepidorhiza), but differs in having a slightly clawed lip at the base (vs. not clawed in B. levyae), densely irregular conical-subulate teeth all over the adaxial surface of the lip (vs. lip with papillae in the middle, smooth elsewhere), margin of lip laciniate basally, strongly serrate centrally, and crenate apically (vs. margin entire throughout).
Reza Saputra, André Schuiteman, Hormes Ulimpa, Fajar Fitrah Darmawan Darwis, Agaki Junial, Welem Nuburi and Johny Santoso. 2025. A New Species of Bulbophyllum section Lepidorhiza (Orchidaceae) from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, Indonesian New Guinea. Telopea. 29; 9-13. DOI: 10.7751/telopea20323
