Research Paper

Zeuxine philippinenses (Ames) Ames (Orchidaceae), a Newly Recorded Plant in Taiwan

Ching-Long Yeh, Chuan-Rong Yeh, Chong-Sheng Leou

Published on: December 2005

Page: 284 - 289

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2005.50(4).284

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.

中文摘要

本文記述產自台灣蘭嶼之蘭科植物新記錄種「菲律賓線柱蘭」之學名、型態特徵、生育環境、產地、花期之鑑別及標本。本種之主要特徵為:葉呈三角狀披針形,葉面綠色,沿中肋有白色斑塊,葉基多少呈截形;花直立於花軸,半張;唇瓣呈三段裂,平滑無毛,側視時多少呈壺型;基段片囊狀,卵形,巨大,先段片相對微小、反捲,不再細裂而呈橫向橢圓形。

Keyword: Orchidaceae, Zeuxine philippinenses, Morphology, Taxonomy, Taiwan

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