identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03A2156DFFBDFFC4D0B8F8169629D4DB.text	03A2156DFFBDFFC4D0B8F8169629D4DB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cymbidium xichouense X. Y. Xu, C. C. Ding & S. R. Lan 2021	<div><p>Cymbidium xichouense X.Y.Xu, C.C.Ding &amp; S.R.Lan sp. nov. (Ħ̊兰) (Figs 2,3)</p> <p>Type:— CHINA. Yunnan Province, the junction of Xichou Country and Maguan Country, 1400 m, under the cluttered woods, open forests or forest margins. 30 Sep 2020, Xu F001 (holotype: FAFU).</p> <p>This new species is similar to C. qiubeiense, but differs in its oblong-lanceolate sepals, green sepals and petals, white to green lip with side lobes tinged brown and midlobe tinged with green and disc with three ridges.</p> <p>Terrestrial herbs. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 1.0–1.5 × 0.6–0.9 cm, enclosed in pale purple-brown persistent leaf bases and sheaths. Leaves 4–5, subterminal, lorate, deep green, 30.0–40.0 cm × 0.5–1.0 cm, apex acuminate, margins serrulate, base contracted into a long petiole; petiole purplish black, hard and wire-like, 10–20 cm long, not articulated at base. Scape arising from the base of the pseudobulb, erect, 25–30 cm long; inflorescence with 2–3 flowers; floral bracts lanceolate, green, 0.5–0.6 cm long; pedicel and ovary 2.5–2.7 cm long; flowers fragrant; sepals and petals green; lip white to green, tinged with brown on the side lobes and green on the midlobe; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 0.9–2.0 cm × 0.5–0.6 cm, apex acuminate, with 5 veins; petals oblong-lanceolate, 2.2–2.3 cm × 0.6–0.8 cm, apex acuminate; lip elliptic-pandurate in outline, 1.8–1.9 cm × 1.2–1.3 cm, trilobed, side lobes erect; midlobe nearly elliptic, 0.9–1.0 × 0.9–1.0 cm, recurved; disc with 3 ridges; column 1.5–1.7 cm long, slightly arcuate; pollinia 4, in two pair.</p> <p>Etymology: —Referring to the area in Yunnan Province where the species was found, derived from the Chinese Xichou.</p> <p>Phenology:— Flowering October–December.</p> <p>Distribution:— Yunnan Province, on the border of Xichou County and Maguan County.</p> <p>Habitat:— Under thick woodlands, open forests or forest margins at 800–1800 m.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2156DFFBDFFC4D0B8F8169629D4DB	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	Xu, Xinyu;Ding, Chang-Chun;Hu, Wenqi;Yu, Xia;Zheng, Yu;Zhang, Diyang;Liao, Xingyu;Liu, Xuedie;Liu, Zhong-Jian;Lan, Siren	Xu, Xinyu, Ding, Chang-Chun, Hu, Wenqi, Yu, Xia, Zheng, Yu, Zhang, Diyang, Liao, Xingyu, Liu, Xuedie, Liu, Zhong-Jian, Lan, Siren (2021): Cymbidium xichouense (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular data. Phytotaxa 484 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.484.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.484.3.4
