Habenaria diplonema Schltr., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 100. 1912.
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Habenaria diplonema Schltr., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 100. 1912. |
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2. Habenaria diplonema Schltr., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 100. 1912.
Type.
China, Yunnan, 3300-3600 m elev., 1906. G. Forrest 2812 [holotype: E (E00381985 image!); isotypes: IBSC (0635875!), CAL (CAL0000000748!), P (P00426408 image!)] .
Description.
Terrestrial herbs, 4-15 cm tall. Tubers globose-oblong. Stems densely papillate-pubescent. Leaves 2, opposite, basal; sheathing at base; leaf blade ovate to orbicular, 1-2.4 cm long, 1-2.2 cm broad, adaxially with yellowish-white venation, densely papillate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence 3-12 cm long, sparsely 2-14-flowered; rachis 2-5.5 cm long, pubescent; floral bracts lanceolate, 3-6 mm long, apex acuminate. Flowers green, faintly fragrant; ovary and pedicel curved, 6-8 mm long, pubescent. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 mm long, ca. 3 mm broad, glabrous, apex obtuse; lateral sepals oblique, ovate-elliptic, deflexed, ca. 4 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm broad, glabrous, apex obtuse. Petals obliquely falcate-ovate, ca. 3.5 mm long, 2-2.5 mm broad, glabrous, entire; lip 3-lobed, spurred; lateral lobes filiform, ca. 10 mm long; mid-lobe linear-lingulate, ca. 3 mm long; spur pendulous, clavate, 1-4 mm long. Column short; anther apex retuse; caudicles short; stigma processes clavate. (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ).
Phenology.
Flowering from July to September.
Habitat.
Shady cliffs and rocks; 2700-4300 m elev.
Distribution.
S Hengduan; also in N Fujian of China. (Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ).
More illustrations.
Wu et al. (2010, fig. 192, 7-9).
Additional specimens examined.
S. HENGDUAN: Muli, Rangetzantze, 3500 m elev., 1937, T.T. Yü 14014 (KUN, PE); Yulong (Lijiang), 2800 m elev., 1935, C.W. Wang 70748 (PE, KUN); Yulong (Lijiang), 4200 m elev., 1914, C. Schneider 2459 (K).
Note.
The photograph of the type specimen housed at the herbarium of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (G. Forrest 2812, E00381985) was published along with the protologue, therefore this specimen is the holotype (Art. 9.1, Note 1 (b), Turland et al. 2018).
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