Odontochilus putaoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Myanmar

By

Aung, Ye Lwin
Mu, Aye Thin
Jin, Xiaohua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

103

Pages

19-26

Subjects

Cranichideae , Kachin State , key , new species , Southeast Asia , terrestrial orchid

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.103.25913

 

Abstract

Odontochilusputaoensis, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated from Putao Township, Kachin State, Myanmar.Odontochilusputaoensisis close toO.duplex, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having a light yellow lip, a bisaccate hypochile with a small, erect, blade-like and emarginate callus within each sac, a mesochile with a pair of dentate-pectinate flanges and a bilobed epichile with a pair of widely diverging lobes that are erect and concave. An identification key to the Southeast Asian species ofOdontochilusand colour photographs ofO.putaoensisare provided. A preliminary conservation assessment according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria is given for the new species.