taxonID	type	description	language	source
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	materials_examined	Type. CHINA. Yunnan, Gongshan County, road pass to Dulongjiang, alpine meadow, 3400 - 3600 m, July 29, 2013, Jin et al. ST 1381 (holotype: PE, isotype: PE).	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Herminium gongshanense is morphologically similar to H. singulum Tang & F. T. Wang but differs from it by having peduncle without bract-like leaflet, linear-oblong dorsal sepal, falcate-lanceolate petals erect, ovate and concave lip, filamentous staminodes.	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	description	Terrestrial herbs. Plant 8 - 9 cm high. Tubers globose-ellipsoid, fleshy, ca. 0.5 × 0.6 cm. Stem erect, with 1 tubular sheath at base. Leaf one, basal, long elliptic, 3.5 - 4.5 × 0.5 - 0.8 cm, 5 - veined, apex acuminate, base into sheath. Inflorescence erect, terminal, racemose, glabrous, 2 - 2.5 cm long, with laxly 3 - 5 flowers. Floral bracts long-elliptic, 3 - 5 × 0.8 - 1.2 mm, shorter than pedicel and ovary, glabrous, apex acuminate. Flowers yellowish green, erect; pedicel and ovary 4 - 5 mm long; ovary fusiform, distinctly hooked toward apex. Dorsal sepal linear-oblong, concave, 2.5 - 3 × 0.8 - 1 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, concave, ca. 3 - 3.5 × 1 - 1.6 mm, apex subacute. Petals erect, falcatelanceolate, connate with column, 2 - 3 veined, 2.5 - 3 × 0.8 - 1 mm, apex obtuse; lip ovate, groove, 3 - lobed, lateral-lobes surrounding column, mid-lobe edge wavy, ca. 3 - 3.5 × 1 - 1.5 mm, apex obtuse; spur obovoid, ca. 1.5 - 2 × 0.8 - 1 mm, apex shallowly 2 - lobed. Column erect, ca. 1 - 1.5 mm tall; anther adnate to apex of column, 2 - locular, locules parallel; viscidia elliptic; rostellum small, ca. 0.2 mm; stigma 1, concave, beneath rostellum; staminodes 2, filamentous, ca. 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, placed laterally at base of column, base connate with petals.	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name gongshanense is derived from the type locality of the new species, Gongshan County, Yunnan. The Chinese name is given as “ ffiƜfflĝ ẑ ” (Chinese pinyin: gòng shân jiǎo pán lán).	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Heminium gongshanense was discovered in Gongshan County, Yunnan and Luozha Country, Tibet, China. It grows on alpine meadow at elevations of 3400 - 4200 m.	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology. Flowering in July — August.	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
1A0087A79120FFE5C8ADFDBD24690984.taxon	conservation	Conservation status. During fieldwork, two populations with less than 100 individuals were discovered. Although this new species is far from any direct threat, the area of occupancy is small, therefore the conservation status is considered as EN.	en	Ye, Chao, Pandey, Tirtha Raj, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2022): Herminium gongshanense (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 570 (1): 95-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.9
