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Issue: Vol. 302 No. 2: 31 March 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.302.2.8
Page range: 181–187
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Orchidantha yunnanensis (Lowiaceae), a new species from China, and notes on the identity of Orchidantha laotica

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569.
Indochina Laos new species Yunnan Monocots

Abstract

Orchidantha yunnanensis, a new species from Malipo county in Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The identity of Orchidantha laotica, originally described from herbarium material, is discussed here, and a colour plate of this species based on recent collections from Laos is included.