taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	description	(Figs 1; 2)	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: India • Sikkim, Lachen Valley; c. 10 000 ft; fl. VII. 1895; Pantling 390; lectotype (here designated): K [K 000387548], photo! (Fig. 2 a) • isolectotypes: AMES [AMES 00101004], photo!; BM [BM 000095769], photo!; BR [BR 0000020451813], photo!; CAL [CAL 0000000582, CAL 0000000584, CAL 0000000585, CAL 0000000586, CAL 0000000587]!; K [K 000387550], photo!; L [L 0061589], photo!; M [M 0226165], photo!; P [P 00333381, P 00333382], photo!; Z [Z 000078031], photo!; W [not found].	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: China • Xizang, Motuo County, Gedang Town, alpine conifer forest; c. 3600 m alt.; 28. VII. 2023; Xiaohua Jin et al. 40291; holotype: PE (could not be traced even after pers. comm. with the collector and the herbarium curator) • isotype: PE (could not be traced even after pers. comm. with the collector and the herbarium curator).	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	biology_ecology	PHENOLOGY. — Flowering and fruiting are from July-September. HABITAT. — Terrestrial, growing in shady, moist areas, under the Rhododendron trees, marshy alpine places, and open alpine grassland, at an elevation of 3000 - 4000 m above msl.	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); China.	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	materials_examined	ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — India • Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley, Andra Omkar Camp, Beyond Mipi; 04.07.2002; M. Bhaumik & M. K. Pathak 4185; ASSAM [ASSAM, acc. no. 67498, 64628], CAL [CAL 0000090543] • Upper Siang, Sikyak-Kanebango Camp; 08.09.2009; M. Bhaumik 13252; CAL [CAL 0000090542] • West Siang, Trek Junction- Renu-II Pass Slopes; 6. IX. 2012; M. Bhaumik 29373; ARUN [ARUN, acc. no. 22469, 22470, 22471, 22472] • Sikkim, North District (Mangan District), Lachen Valley; VII. 1897; Pantling 390; AMES [AMES 01941079, photo], BM [BM 000095770, photo], BR [BR 0000020451820, photo], CAL [CAL 0000000583], E [E 00394243, photo], K [K 000387549, photo], L [L 0061588, photo], M (photo), P [P 00333383, P 00333384, photos], Z [Z 000078032, photo] • Zema-II to Log Bridge; 3150 m alt.; 15. VI. 1999; D. Maity & A. Maity 21603; BSHC [BSHC, acc. no. 31815, 31816, 31817, 31818] • Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary; 6. VIII. 2014; D. K. Agrawala 38892; BSHC [BSHC 00041594, BSHC 00041595] • same data; c. 3500 m alt.; 14. VII. 2019; S. Chakraborty & S. Sarkar 40146; BSHC [BSHC 00043141] • Yumthang (hotspring); 3600 m alt.; 19. VII. 1987; D. C. S. Raju & S. Singh 7722; BSHC • Yumthang Valley; 3560 m alt.; 13. VII. 2019; S. Chakraborty & S. Sarkar 40142; CAL [CAL 0000266954, CAL 0000266955].	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
03B887838105954C4FDCDC58FC58FD8E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Terrestrial autotrophs, uniformly green, small, 8 - 20 cm tall. Rhizome short, 2 - 2.5 mm in diameter, with few to numerous unbranched, fibrous, fasciculate roots. Stem 5 - 14 cm long, 1.5 - 2 mm in diameter, erect, slender, fleshy, cylindric, terete, uniformly green to yellowish-green, glabrous and smooth, sheathed at base; sheaths 1.2 - 2 cm long, oblanceolate, rounded at apex, adnate at most of the length to form a tubular shape. Leaves 2, alternate or sub-opposite, lower one borne almost midway along the stem, 6 - 16 × 3 - 8 mm, sessile, ovate to ovate-elliptic, truncate at base, entire, acute or subacute to obtuse at apex, conduplicate, glabrous, prominently 3 - veined, mid vein and lateral veins converged at apex. Racemes terminal, laxly 3 - 10 - flowered, flowers opening from the base to apex; peduncle 0.5 - 2.7 cm long, erect, cylindric, puberulent, green; rachis 1.2 - 3.5 cm long, erect, cylindric, puberulent, green; floral bracts 2.5 - 4 × 1 - 1.5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, subacute at apex, persistent, glabrous, green, 1 - veined. Flowers 4 - 6.5 mm long, 4 - 7 mm across, small, resupinate, distichous, nodding, spreading, pedicellate, uniformly green to olive green; pedicel and ovary 4 - 7 mm long, glabrous, ridged, green, abruptly swollen at the ovary region. Dorsal sepal 2.5 - 4 × 1 - 1.5 mm, spreading, lanceolate, entire, rounded or subacute at apex, green, concave, glabrous, with prominent midvein, adaxially carinate; lateral sepals similar, slightly falcate. Petals 2.5 - 4 × c. 1 mm, spreading, narrowly oblong, entire, rounded at apex, green, concave, glabrous, with prominent midvein, adaxially carinate. Labellum 3 - 5 × 2 - 2.5 mm, often longer than sepals, oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, lateral margins ciliolate, slightly deflexed apically, 3 - veined; lateral veins branched and obscure towards the margins, a thick glossy depression arising from base and becoming obscure towards the apex; hypochile with two deltoid auricles at base, one at each side, and two small wart-like calli on both sides of the depression at the base; epichile 2 - lobed, sinus short, lobules rounded and reflexed. Column 2 - 2.5 mm long, stout, slightly curved, green; anther terminal, oblongovoid, 2 - chambered; clinandrium grooved; pollinia 2, mealy, granular; stigma terminal, suborbicular, concave, just below the rostellum; rostellum erect, ligulate, entire, acute or subacute. Capsule small, 4 - 5 mm long, ellipsoid to ovoid, ridged.	en	Chakraborty, Sayak, Sarkar, Shuvadip, Bhattacharjee, Avishek, Agrawala, Dinesh Kumar, Maity, Debabrata (2026): A new synonym of Neottia alternifolia (King & Pantl.) Szlach. (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of its basionym. Adansonia (3) 48 (4): 21-28, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2026v48a4
