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Issue: Vol. 334 No. 1: 12 January 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.5
Page range: 35–40
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

Dendrobium libingtaoi (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Malaxideae) a new species from China: evidence from morphology and DNA

College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Centre of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Chinese orchid flora Dendrobium sect. Formosae Epidendroideae orchids of Yunnan Monocots

Abstract

Dendrobium libingtaoi is described from southeastern Yunnan, China, based on morphological and DNA evidence. In the morphological analysis, D. libingtaoi is similar to D. draconis but differs in having ovate-elliptical petals, a lip with a light red blotch in the middle, oblong-lanceolate lateral sepals, and a nearly round midlobe. Nuclear and plastid DNA analyses indicate that D. libingtaoi is a member of D. section Formosae.