Herminium humidicola (K.Y. Lang & D.S. Deng) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.
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Herminium humidicola (K.Y. Lang & D.S. Deng) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015. |
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Frigidorchis humidicola (K. Y. Lang & D. S. Deng) Z. J. Liu & S. C. Chen, J. Fairylake Bot. Gard.6 (3): 17. 2007.
Bhutanthera humidicola (K.Y. Lang & D.S. Deng) Ormerod, Taiwania 48: 139. 2003.
Basionym.
Peristylus humidicola K. Y. Lang & D. S. Deng, Novon 6: 190. 1996 (' humidicolus ').
Type.
CHINA. Qinghai, Magen county, Dawu Xiang, Muchang , SE of Magen, 3980 m, 05.08.1993, Ho et al., 807 (Holotype: HNWP; Isotype: GH! [GH00243080], PE!) .
Description.
Plant 3-4.5 cm tall. Tuber globose 10-12 × 5-8 mm. Stem sheathed at base, 2-3 leaved. Leaves crowded, ovate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 × 1-1.5 cm, apex acute; petioles enclosed by 2 tubular sheaths forming a pseudostem 8-12 mm. Inflorescence 1.5-2 cm, equal or exceeding leaves, subcorymbose, densely 4-5-flowered. Flowers greenish-yellow; sepals white-margined apically; petals and lip becoming deep purple after pollination; pedicel and ovary 11-15 mm. Dorsal sepal suborbicular, 3-4.5 × 2.5 mm, margin denticulate toward apex; lateral sepals ovate-elliptic, 4 × 3 mm, slightly longer than dorsal sepal. Petals orbicular, 2-3 × ca.1.5 mm, fleshy, apex obtuse. Lip 3-4 mm, fleshy, spurred, 3-lobed toward its base; lateral lobes triangular, ca. 0.5 mm; mid-lobe lingulate-linear, 2-3 × ca. 0.7 mm; spur 1-2 mm long, rounded-obtuse. Column 1.5 mm, pollinia obovoid, caudicles short, viscidium disc like, rostellum triangular, shortly armed; stigmas clavate, situated below the rostellum. Fruit oblong, 6-10 mm long.
Flowering time.
August.
Habitat.
Terrestrial in alpine meadows and wet valleys at elevations of 3600-4500 m.
Distribution.
Endemic to China (Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet).
Specimen examined.
CHINA: Qinghai, Gande county, Along Road S101 from Gande to Maqin, 4172 m, 08.08.2014 Jin X. H., Jin W.T. and Cui Y.,1451 (PE).
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Herminium humidicola (K.Y. Lang & D.S. Deng) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015.
| Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, Schuiteman, Andre, Jin, Wei-Tao & Jin, Xiao-Hua 2017 |
Bhutanthera humidicola
| Ormerod 2003 |