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Issue: Vol. 435 No. 3: 11 March 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.435.3.3
Page range: 235–242
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Liparis mai (Orchidaceae; Malaxideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropic Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou Hainan 571737, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Chinese orchids Malaxis phylogenetics vivipara wide-lip orchid Monocots

Abstract

A new species, Liparis mai (Malaxidinae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae), from Guangxi, China, is illustrated and described based on morphological and molecular analyses. This new species is similar to L. nervosa but differs by the older pseudobulb often bearing bulbil, larger revolute lateral sepals, obovate-elliptic lip and caniniform callus. Molecular analyses of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (matK) DNA support L. mai as a distinct species, which forms an independent lineage sister to L. nervosa and its allies.