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Issue: Vol. 317 No. 2: 15 August 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.317.2.9
Page range: 152–156
Abstract views: 20
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Calanthe wuxiensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), a new species from Chongqing, China

Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, 400715, Beibei, Chongqing, China
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, 400715, Beibei, Chongqing, China
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, 400715, Beibei, Chongqing, China
Administration of Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, 405800, Wuxi, Chongqing, China
Orchidaceae China Calanthe wuxiensis new species Monocots

Abstract

Calanthe wuxiensis, a new species from Chongqing, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically reminiscent of C. ecarinata and C. tricarinata, from which it differs in having white lip, lateral lobes long rectangular, apex gradually expand, middle lobe disk with three dark yellow short-crests.