Herminium handelii X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.
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19. Herminium handelii X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015. Figs 6K View Figure 6 , 11D View Figure 11
Bhutanthera alpina (Hand.-Mazz.) Renz, Edinburgh J. Bot. 58: 102. 2001. Not Herminium alpinum (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 382. 1826 (= Chamorchis alpina (L.) Rich.).
Replaced name.
Habenaria alpina Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 1336. 1936.
Type.
CHINA. Yunnan, between Mekong and Salwin, Handel-Mazzetti H., 9716 (Holotype: WU! [WU0038983]; Isotypes: AMES! [00099695], E! [E00381981]) .
Description.
Plant slender, 4-8 cm tall. Tubers globose, 0.5 × 0.4 mm. Stem at base with 2 leaves and 1-3 tubular sheaths. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 × 0.5-1 cm, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence 3-5 cm, peduncle ridged, 2-3 cm without peduncle scales, rachis 1 cm, densely 1-5-flowered; floral bracts triangular, ca 1mm. Flowers green; sepals, petals and lip margin flushed white; pedicel and ovary fusiform, 6 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, apex obtuse to subrounded; lateral sepals oblong, oblique, 2-3.5 × 2-2.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals hooded with dorsal sepals, broadly ovate-orbicular, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Lip ovate-lanceolate, 3-3.5 × ca. 2 mm, fleshy, 3-lobed below middle; lateral lobes orbicular-ovate, very small, apex obtuse; mid-lobe lingulate-lanceolate, 0.8-1 mm, apex acute; spur cylindrical, 2-3 mm, apex obtuse. Column 1.5 mm, stout; anther with distinct connective and 2 divergent locules; rostellum erect triangular with 2 distinct arms; pollinia 2, short, to a small naked viscidium, stigma conjoined, pulvinate.
Flowering time.
July-August.
Habitat.
Terrestrial in alpine meadows and rock crevices at elevations of 4230-4300 m.
Distribution.
Bhutan, China, India, Nepal.
Specimens examined.
BHUTAN: Upper Kuru Chi district , Narim Thang, 25.07.1949, Ludlow, Sherriff and Hicks, 21345 (BM) .
CHINA: Yunnan, Gongshan county , 4231 m, 03.08.2013, Jin X. H., Wang L.S., Wang Q et al., ST1778 (PE) .
INDIA: Sikkim, Choktsering Chhu Valley , 14.07.1992, Long, McBeath, Noltie & Watson, 362 (E) .
NEPAL: Bagmati, Rasuwa, Near Ganesh temple, 4250 m, 20.07.2008, Raskoti B. B., 0020089 (KATH); Langtang, Dupku Danda, 4200 m, 28.07.1986, Miehe G. and S., 7000 (K) .
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