![]() |
Bulbophyllum yunxiaoense M.H.Li, J.F.Liu & S.P.Chen, in Li, Yuan, D.-K. Liu, J.-F. Liu et Chen, 2017. |
Abstract
We have described and illustrated a new species, Bulbophyllum yunxiaoense (Malaxideae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae), from Fujian Province in southeast China. The size and overall floral morphology of the new species are similar to those of Bulbophyllum pingtungense, a species endemic to Taiwan Island on the southeast coast of China and its closest relative according to a cladistic analysis of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (matK, trnL-F, and atpI-atpH) DNA sequences. However, B. yunxiaoense is distinguishable from B. pingtungense by flower colour, shorter scape, and longer lateral sepal.
Keywords: Monocots, Asian orchids, Dendrobiinae, phylogenetics, Sect. Cirrhopetalum
Ming-He LI, Xue-Yan YUAN, Ding-Kun LIU, Jiang-Feng LIU and Shi-Pin CHEN. 2017. Bulbophyllum yunxiaoense sp. nov. (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Malaxideae) from Fujian, China: Morphological and molecular analyses. Phytotaxa. 332(1); 59–66. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.6 [2017-12-15]