identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
0391879E0B39FF8874CAF8B95467B76C.text	0391879E0B39FF8874CAF8B95467B76C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vanda malipoensis L. H. Zou, J. X. Huang & Z. J. Liu. A. Flowering 2014	<div><p>Vanda malipoensis L.H.Zou, J.X.Huang &amp; Z.J.Liu, sp. nov. (NJDZ坡万代兰) (Figs. 3, 4).</p> <p>Diagnosis: This new species is related to V. christensoniana and V. nana. It differs from V. christensoniana by having 4–6 cm long inflorescences with sparse flowers that are almost 50% smaller with a shorter column (2.5–3.0 mm) and spur (7.0– 7.5 mm) and caudiculate pollinia sitting in a dorsal position on the stipe. It can be distinguished from V. nana by its longer inflorescence, widely opening and larger flowers and erect lateral lobes of the lip.</p> <p>Type:–– China. Yunnan (云南): Malipo (NJDZ 坡), epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 30 June 2014, Liu 6644 (holotype: NOCC!).</p> <p>Epiphytic herbs with erect stems to 50–150 mm, 3–5 mm in diameter. Leaves distichous, slightly V-shaped in cross section, green, 100–200 × 5–7 mm, apex truncate and unequally 3–4-dentate, base sheathing and jointed. Inflorescences axillary, ascending, 40–60 mm long with 7–12 flowers per inflorescence; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 1.0– 1.5 mm. Flowers white, tinged with pink, opening widely; pedicel and ovary 10–12 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic, 8.0–9.0 × 3.5–4.0 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic, 7.5–8.5 × 4.0– 4.5 mm, apex acute; petals obovate-elliptic, 8.0–9.0 × 3.0– 3.5 mm, acute; lip spurred, trilobed, spotted with purple on the entrance of spur; lateral lobes subtriangular, erect, 1.5–1.8 × 0.8–1.0 mm; midlobe ligulate, 3.0–3.5 × 1.2–1.5 mm, obtuse, with an emarginate basal callus; spur clavatecylindrical, 7.0– 7.5 mm, contracted at middle, apex dilated. Column 2.5–3.0 mm, foot absent; rostellum emarginate, lobes sharp; anther cap dark purple; pollina 2, globose, waxy, caudiculate, each cleft on the apex, attached by the stipe to a viscidium.</p> <p>Flowering period:—June.</p> <p>Distribution and habitat:— Vanda malipoensis is epiphytic on tree trunks in forests, known so far only from Malipo, Yunnan Province, China.</p> <p>Etymology:—The species epithet refers to the locality where this new species has been found so far.</p> <p>Conservation status:—Within 10 km-radius around the type locality, our survey crew searched 18 locations for V. malipoensis. Only two of the 18 locations were found to contain the new species. Including the type locality, nine, seven and six individuals were found, respectively. The three sites were more than 2 km apart from each other. Using the World Conservation Union Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN, 2012), V. malipoensis should be preliminarily treated as critically endangered (CR B 2ab).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0391879E0B39FF8874CAF8B95467B76C	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	Zou, Long-Hai;Liu, Zhong-Jian;Huang, Jiu-Xiang	Zou, Long-Hai, Liu, Zhong-Jian, Huang, Jiu-Xiang (2014): Vanda malipoensis, a new species of Vanda (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae; Vandeae) from China: evidence from morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Phytotaxa 186 (2): 87-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.186.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.186.2.3
