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Issue: Vol. 345 No. 1: 20 March 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.345.1.5
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Pleione jinhuana (Arethuseae; Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae), a new species from China based on morphological and DNA evidence

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 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Cross-Straits Orchids Conservation and Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Cross-Straits Orchids Conservation and Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, 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 Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Cross-Straits Orchids Conservation and Research Center, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
Arethuseae Asian orchids Pleione phylogenetics window-sill orchid Monocots

Abstract

Pleione jinhuana, a new orchid from China, is illustrated and described based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Detailed morphological comparisons between the new species and other members of Pleione indicate that P. jinhuana is similar to P. bulbocodioides and P. formosana but differs in having a lip with an erose apical margin and lateral lobes not enfolding the column. To explore the phylogenetic position of this species, nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA (matK exon, trnT-trnL spacer, trnL exon and trnL-trnF spacer) were sequenced for P. jinhuana and individuals of P. formosana collected in Taiwan, Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces. The morphological and molecular evidence support the hypothesis that P. jinhuana is a new species.