identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03CB878FFFD3FFFBFF89FA5007447299.text	03CB878FFFD3FFFBFF89FA5007447299.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thrixspermum formosanum (Hayata) Schltr., Repert. 2019	<div><p>Thrixspermum formosanum (Hayata) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 273. 1919; H.J.Su, Fl. Taiwan 5: 1049. 1978; S.C.Chen &amp; J.J. Wood, Fl. China 25: 468. 2009; K.Gogoi &amp; R.Yonzone, McAllen Int. Orchid Soc. J. 16(1): 12. 2015. Fig. 1 c-e</p><p>Small, epiphytic herbs, 6–9 cm tall. Roots 3.4–5.3 cm length, 0.2–0.3 cm in diam., radicosus, white. Stems ascending, 1.3–2.2 × 0.4–0.6 cm. Leaves distichous, 1.3–4.6 × 0.3–0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute, jointed at base, thick and fleshy, midrib grooved ventrally, convex dorsally, green, spotted with purple. Inflorescence axillary racemes at lower nodes, shorter than leaves; peduncle 2.5 cm long, suberect, slender, straight, with 2 sterile bracts; rachis short, 0.3 cm long, green, thickened, few flowered, opening successively, lasting half a day; floral bracts few, c. 0.1 cm long, broadly ovate-triangular, acute at apex, green, persistent on rachis. Flowers c. 1.3 × 1.0 cm, fragrant; pedicel plus ovary 0.5 cm long, greenish brown. Sepals subsimilar, gland dotted; dorsal sepal 0.5–0.6 × 0.2–0.3 cm, oblong, obtuse; lateral sepals 0.5–0.6 × 0.2–0.4 cm, obliquely obovate, obtuse at apex. Lateral petals 0.6–0.7 × 0.1–0.2 cm, falcate-oblong, obtuse; lip white with brown stripes, saccate at base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, 0.2–0.3 × 0.3–0.4 cm, subovate, obtuse; mid-lobe inconspicuous, disc pubescent; callus running from base to mid-lobe, apex of callus protruding, notched below mid-lobe; sac 0.4–0.6 cm long, cylindric, shallowly bilobed at base; column short, c. 0.15 cm long, foot c. 0.2 cm long, white. Anther cap sub-orbicular, white; pollinia 4, in two nearly equal pairs, attached by a short and broad stipe to a solitary viscidium. Capsules 4.5–7.3 × 0.3–0.4 cm, linear, cylindrical.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: April-May.</p><p>Habitat: A rare epiphytic orchid found growing on moss covered tree trunks in evergreen forest at elevations between 1950 and 2300 m.</p><p>Distribution: India, China, Taiwan and Vietnam.</p><p>Specimen examined: INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.50389&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.258611" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.50389/lat 11.258611)">Mukurthi National Park</a>, 11°15′ 31′′ N, 76°30′ 14′′ E ± 2236 m, 18.11.2018, S. Kaliamoorthy &amp; T.S. Saravanan 109641 (MH) .</p><p>Conservation status: Less than 25 mature individuals were noticed during the field survey at Mukurthi National Park. Extensive field study in similar habitats in the adjacent localities is required to determine its exact IUCN threat status. Live specimens brought from the study area are being multiplied and maintained as germplasm collections at NOEG, BSI, SRC, Yercaud.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB878FFFD3FFFBFF89FA5007447299	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	S., Kaliamoorthy;Saravanan, T. S.	S., Kaliamoorthy, Saravanan, T. S. (2019): Additions to the orchid flora of Peninsular India. Rheedea 29 (4): 319-322, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.4.05, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.4.05
