Herminium chloranthum Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 34. 1940.

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 : 12

7. Herminium chloranthum Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 34. 1940. Figs 6B , 7B , 8B , 9B

Type.

CHINA. Yunnan, Shangri-La (Zhongdian County), 3000 m, 05.07.1937, Yu T. T., 11920 (Holotype: KUN!; Isotype: AMES! [AMES00104951], PE! [PE01432254]) .

Description.

Plant 4-16 cm tall. Tubers globose, 4-15 × 4-10 mm. Stem with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths and 1-2 leaves at base. Leaves subopposite or opposite, oblong, elliptic, or spatulate, 2-7 × 0.3-2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence 3-14 cm; peduncle cylindrical, ebracteate; rachis 1-5 cm, laxly flowered; floral bracts ovate, shorter than ovary, apex obtuse. Flowers pale green; 5 mm across, pedicel and ovary twisted and hooked, 3-6 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, concave, 3-4 × 2-2.5 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely lanceolate, 3-4 × 1-1.4 mm, apex obtuse. Petals elliptic to lancolate, falcate, 3-4 × 1.3-1.8 mm, upper half-fleshy, apex obtuse. Lip pandurate, 5.5 × 2.5 mm, concave with spur like saccate base, 3-lobed above middle; lateral lobes triangular, 0.5 × 0.8 mm, apex obtuse; midlobe triangular, 1 × 0.6 mm, apex obtuse. Column 0.7 mm; pollinia globose; caudicles nearly obsolete, viscidia involute, hornlike, rostellum triangular, armed, stigma transversely oblong, situated below the rostellum. Fruit oblong, 6-7 mm long.

Flowering time.

July-August.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in alpine grasslands and meadows at elevations of 2500-4100 m.

Distribution.

China, Nepal.

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Sichuan, Kangding county, near Suopo , 3600 m, 03.08.1982, Lang K. Y., Li L. Q., Fei Y., 948A (PE) ; Tibet, Medog county, Bomi-Medog Road, 08.09.2009, Jin X. H., Liu B. Q., Xu S. M., Zhao W., 2664 (PE); Nyalam county , 3800 m, 02.09.1972, Tibetan Herbal Survey Team,1909 (PE); Zayu county , Chawalong from Meigu to Ridong, 3700 m, 17.07.2010, Jin X. H., Liu B. Q., Xu S. M., Zhao W., STET0611 (PE) ; Yunnan, Li-Kiang Hsien, 07.1935, Wang C. W.,71033 (PE), Shangri-La, 3000 m, 05.07.1937, Yu T. T., 19920 (PE); Shangri-La, 4300 m, 18.08.1981, Beijing Hengduan Mountain Team , 3319 (PE) .

NEPAL: Dhaulagiri, Mustang district, above Jharkot at 3800 m, 18.08.2011, Raskoti B. B.,00139 (KATH); Mustang, Bhena, 3780 m, 26.08.2001, Miehe G. and Miehe S., 01-072-16 (K) .

Figures

Figure 6. Dorsal sepal of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. lanceum G H. macrophyllum H H. glossophyllum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. handelii L H. elisabethae M H. himalayanum N H. clavigerum O H. quinquelobum P H. macrophyllum Q H. mannii R H. biporosum.

Figure 7. Lateral sepal of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. lanceum G H. macrophyllum H H. glossophyllum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. gracile L H. elisabethae M H. himalayanum N H. clavigerum O H. quinquelobum P H. macrophyllum Q H. lanceum R H. biporosum.

Figure 8. Petal of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. lanceum G H. josephi H H. coiloglossum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. himalayanum L H. elisabethae M H. alaschanicum N H. ophioglossoides O H. quinquelobum P H. macrophyllum Q H. ecalcaratum R H. biporosum

Figure 9. Lip of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. macrophyllum G H. macrophyllum H H. alaschanicum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. longilobatum L H. elisabethae M H. alaschanicum N H. lanceum O H. quinquelobum P H. kamengense Q H. coiloglossum R H. biporosum.