Habenaria cf. limprichtii Schltr., Repert., 2021

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 145

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1
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scientific name	Habenaria cf. limprichtii Schltr., Repert.
status	sp. nov.

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Habenaria cf. limprichtii Schltr., Repert. View in CoL Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 50, 1919

Homotypic synonyms: Habenaria pectinata D.Don var. limprichtii (Schltr.) Pradhan, Indian Orchids : Guide Identif. & Cult. 1: 72, 1976. Kryptostoma limprichtii (Schltr.) Szlach. & Olszewski, Fl. Cameroun 34: 231, 1998.

Heterotypic synonyms: Habenaria oligoschista Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 51, 1919. Kryptostoma oligoschistum (Schltr.) Szlach. & Olszewski, Fl. Cameroun 34: 231, 1998.

Specimen examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District : 1830−2135 m, 1914, Kingdon-Ward 1668 ( E) .

Distribution:— Northern Myanmar (?), Thailand, Vietnam and southwestern and central China.

Notes:— The above-cited specimen was here identified as close to or conspecific with this species, based on narrow petals ( 5 mm), short spurs (about 18 mm) and wide anther connective ( 20 mm). This species was also reported from Chin State and Mandalay Region by Tanaka et al. (2011: 164), but their photograph appears to show a specimen of H. yuana .

Habenaria linearis King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat . Hist. 66: 602, 1897. Type:— MYANMAR. Southern Shan State: Calcutta Bot. Gard. collectors s.n. ( holotype: CAL)

Specimen examined:— SHAN. Southern part: type .

Distribution:— Endemic.

Note:— The description indicates this is likely a synonym of H. mandersii .