identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039ABC4CFFDEFFFCFF42FB4BEB67FA97.text	039ABC4CFFDEFFFCFF42FB4BEB67FA97.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cheirostylis acuminata Z. L. Liu & Q. Liu 2016	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Cheirostylis acuminata Z.L.Liu &amp; Q.Liu ,  sp. nov. (Figs. 1,2) </p>
            <p> Cheirostylis acuminata is close to  C. clibborndyeri Yu &amp; Barretto (1976: 15) (Barretto et al. 2011) and  C. rubrifolius Lin &amp; Lin (2009: 327) , but differs by a shorter inflorescence (2–7 cm long), fewer flowers (1–3), pubescent ovary and outer surface of sepals, acuminate apex of lip and different size and structure of seed from  C. clibborndyeri and be distinguished from  C. rubrifolius by not having a saccate hypochile and no keel and papillae in the hypochile. </p>
            <p>Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Mengla County, Mengyuan town, Paozhuqing village, limestone forest, 21°50.21 ′ N, 101°22.25 ′ E, 800 m, 7 January 2015, Liu 12 (holotype: HITBC!).</p>
            <p>Lithophytic herbs, 4–11 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, green, tinged with brown, 2–10 cm long, with 3–9 nodes, internodes slight narrowing, at the nodes, 4.5 mm in diameter; roots hair-like, in rows along rhizome internodes. Stem erect, 1.0– 2.2 cm long, 2–5 leaves, occasionally withered at anthesis. Leaves cauline, 3–4, well-spaced, lanceolate, 1.0–2.0 × 0.5–1.2 cm, glabrous, base rounded to truncate, apex acute, adaxially pale green, marked with indistinct deeper green veins; petiole present. Inflorescence, 2–7 cm long, hairy, with 2–3 sterile bracts, 0.8–1.4 cm long, pale pink, pubescent; rachis 1–3- flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, abaxially hairy, apex acuminate, 0.7–0.9 cm long, shorter than ovary. Flowers slightly opened; ovary and pedicel pubescent, minutely papillose, 0.8 cm; sepals 5 mm long, basal about 1/2 connate and forming a tube, outer surface pubescent, base of the tube greenish, free apical lobes pink, 2 mm long; petals appressed to dorsal sepal, white, obliquely falcate, 5.5 × 1.3 mm; lip simple, white, margin entire, 5.3 × 1.8 mm, apex acuminate, extending slightly beyond sepal tube; column 3 mm long; rostellum arms elongate, 1.8 mm long; stelidia obtuse triangle, parallel to rostellum, shorter than 0.5 mm; polinarium 2.5 mm long; anther ovoid, ca. 1.3 mm; viscidium approximate to clavate, 1.6 mm long.</p>
            <p>Distribution:— Known only from the type locality in Mengla County, Yunnan, China.</p>
            <p> Habitat, Phenology and Ecology:—  Cheirostylis acuminata occurs in a shady limestone forest valley at 800 m and creeps on damp rock surfaces. It flowers from the middle of December to the end of January. Although the new species had flowers that barely opened, the fruiting rate was high in the natural populations. Its reproductive biology needs further study. </p>
            <p>Etymology:— Named for the lip apex with a tiny ligule.</p>
            <p> Taxonomic notes:— Morphologically, the new species is similar to  C. clibborndyeri and  C. rubrifolius , but differs as noted above and below (Table 1,2). </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039ABC4CFFDEFFFCFF42FB4BEB67FA97	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, Zhi-Long;Liu, Qiang;Gao, Jiang-Yun	Liu, Zhi-Long, Liu, Qiang, Gao, Jiang-Yun (2016): Cheirostylis acuminata (Orchidaceae; Cranichideae; Goodyerinae): a new species from Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa 247 (2): 138-142, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.247.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.247.2.6
