Herminium albomarginatum (King & Pantl.) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.

Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, Schuiteman, Andre, Jin, Wei-Tao & Jin, Xiao-Hua, 2017, A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae), PhytoKeys 79, pp. 1-74 : 9

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.79.11215

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scientific name

Herminium albomarginatum (King & Pantl.) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.
status

 

2. Herminium albomarginatum (King & Pantl.) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.

Platanthera albomarginata (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 939. 1901.

Peristylus albomarginatus (King & Pantl.) K.Y. Lang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34: 640. 1996.

Bhutanthera albomarginata (King & Pantl.) Renz, Edinburgh J. Bot. 58: 101. 2001.

Basionym.

Habenaria albomarginata King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 322, t.425. 1898.

Type.

INDIA. Sikkim, Singalila , 13000 ft, 07.1896, Pantling R., 450 (Holotype: K! [K000387527]) .

Description.

Plant 10-14 cm tall. Tuber globose, 0.6-1.4 × 0.7-1.3 cm. Stem sheathed, 6.5-11 cm long, 2-leaved, sheaths tubular, ovate, obtuse, 2-3.5 × 0.6-0.7 cm. Leaves distant, orbicular-elliptic, obtuse shortly sheathing at base, 3-5 × 1.3-2.4 cm. Inflorescence 5-20-flowered, rachis 1-3 cm long, floral bracts lanceolate, 1-2 × 0.3-0.4 cm, upper bracts triangular, 1-1.5 mm long. Flower white, sepal green with white margin, ovary 4-6 mm, sessile, beaked. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 4 × 2.5 mm, lateral sepal elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 4 × 3 mm. Petal suborbicular, concave, 2 × 1 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 2 × 1 mm, lateral lobes oblong, mid-lobe oblong, obtuse, spur cylindrical, 2 mm long. Column 1.5 mm tall, pollinia clavate-elliptic, 1-1.2 mm, rostellum triangular, stigma pulvinate.

Flowering time.

July-September.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in alpine meadows and on grassy slopes at elevations of 3720-4270 m.

Distribution.

India, Nepal

Specimens examined.

INDIA: Sikkim, Nathang , 13.07.1877, King, 4367 (K); Sikkim, Tsomgo Chho, 08.07.1996, Long and Noltie, 71 (E); Sikkim, Yampung, 12.08.1913, Rohmoo, 1098 (E) .

NEPAL: Bagmati, Rasuwa, Above Rupche Bhanjyang, Ganesh Himal , 3600 m, 02.07.1992, Baker W. J., Burkitt T. A., Miller J. T and Shrestha R., 9 (KATH) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Herminium

Loc

Herminium albomarginatum (King & Pantl.) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.

Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, Schuiteman, Andre, Jin, Wei-Tao & Jin, Xiao-Hua 2017
2017
Loc

Bhutanthera albomarginata

Renz 2001
2001