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[Botany • 2019] Robiquetia ormerodii (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae) • A New Species from the Islands of Visayas, Philippines
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| Robiquetia ormerodii Naive, Dalisay & Alejandro, in Naive, Dalisay et Alejandro. 2019. |
ABSTRACT
Robiquetia ormerodii (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Vandeae; Aeridinae) Naive, Dalisay & Alejandro, a new endemic species from Visayas, Philippines, is herein described and illustrated. It is comparable to R. micramphora by having a yellow flower with spots, however, it differs significantly in having a labellum with oblong side lobes, strongly curved spur, column with big red margin and longer verrucose rostellum. With this discovery, the Philippines now houses a total number of 20 species of Robiquetia, of which 18 are known to be endemic.
KEYWORDS: Antique, Malesian flora, plant taxonomy, Robiquetia, tropical forest
Robiquetia ormerodii Naive, Dalisay & Alejandro sp. nov.
Eponymy: The speciific epithet ‘ormerodii’ was coined in honourof Paul Abel Ormerod, an eminent expert on family Orchidaceae in the Malesian region and Australia.
Mark Arcebal K. Naive, Jade Ann Grace P. Dalisay and Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro. 2019. Robiquetia ormerodii (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), A New Species from the Islands of Visayas, Philippines. Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography. 74(1); 67-70. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1609257
