Four new orchid species from the Lengguru fold belt, West Papua, Indonesia

• Published in: PhytoKeys
• Main Authors: Juswara, Lina, Schuiteman, André, Droissart, Vincent
• Other Authors: Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Herbarium Nederland, Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Taeniophyllum; Orchidaceae; limestone karst; Botany; Systematic; Bulbophyllum; Dendrobium; Kaimana Regency; Kumawa Forest Reserve; Triton Bay; Taxonomy; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Triton
• Online Access: https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02374126; https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02374126/document; https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02374126/file/Droissar_etal_PhytoKeys_2016_61.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.61.7590

International audience Bulbophyllum leucoglossum, Dendrobium centrosepalum, Dendrobium taeniocaule, and Taeniophyllum pyriforme are here described as new species, based on herbarium specimens collected from the Lengguru fold-and-thrust belt in the West Papua Bird’s neck, Indonesian New Guinea. All four novelties were found growing in submontane forest (elevation > 1000 m a.s.l.) on limestone karst. Information concerning the distribution and habitat for these taxa is provided along with diagnostic features, line drawings, high resolution photographs, and a map of collecting localities. More field studies are required to find additional populations of these new species, in order to better characterize their habitat, ecology and conservation status.