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[Botany • 2021] Cymbidium weishanense (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) • A New Species from Yunnan, China: evidence from morphology and molecular data

Cymbidium weishanense X.Yu & Z.J.Liu,

in Yu, Zeng, G.-Z. Chen, Xu, Bi, J.-T. Chen, Wang, Hu, Zhang et Liu, 2021.

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.6

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Abstract

A new species of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae), Cymbidium weishanense, from Yunnan Province, China, is illustrated and described based on morphological and molecular evidence. Morphological comparison indicates that C. weishanense is similar to C. concinnum but differs in several floral characteristics. Molecular analyses based on nuclear ribosomal (ITS) and plastid DNA (matK and rbcL) support the status of C. weishanense as a new species. Due to the low support for nrITS, it is possible that this is a natural hybrid of C. concinnum with C. insigne or another related species.

Keywords: Cymbidium concinnum, Cymbidium insigne, Cymbidium subgenus Cyperorchis, Cymbidiinae, Chinese orchids, Monocots

Cymbidium weishanense (A),

C. concinnum (B) and C. insigne (C).

Cymbidium weishanense X.Yu & Z.J.Liu sp. nov.

Xia YU, Meng-Yao ZENG, Gui-Zhen CHEN, Xin-Yu XU, Yuan-Yang BI, Jia-Ting CHEN, Qian-Qian WANG, Wen-Qi HU, Di-Yang ZHANG and Zhong-Jian LIU. 2021. Cymbidium weishanense (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), A New Species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular data. Phytotaxa. 500(1); 45–50. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.6

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