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 de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Botany; Systematic; Bulbophyllum; Dendrobium; Kaimana Regency; Kumawa Forest Reserve; limestone karst; Orchidaceae; Taeniophyllum; 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.