Zeuxine philippinenses (Ames) Ames (Orchidaceae), a Newly Recorded Plant in Taiwan
Resource
Taiwania, 50(4), 284-289
Journal
Taiwania
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
4
Pages
284-289
Date Issued
2005-12
Date
2005-12
Author(s)
Yeh, C.L.
Yeh, C.R.
Leou, C.S.
Abstract
A new record species of Zeuxine Lindley (Orchidaceae), Z. philippinenses Ames, from Lanyu, Taiwan is described and illustated. It is mainly characterized in the triangular-lanceolate leaves which are green but white with dark green reticulation along the midrib and more or less truncate at base; the flowers are erect on the rachis and half-opened; the lip is tripartite, glabrous, more or less urceolate in side view; the hypochile is saccate, ovoid and big while the epichile is relatively tiny, reflexed, undivided and transversely oblong or subreniform.
Subjects
Orchidaceae, Zeuxine philippinenses, Morphology, Taxonomy, Taiwan, ?科、線柱?屬、菲?賓線柱?、分?學、形態學、台灣
Type
journal article