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

• Published in: PhytoKeys
• Main Authors: Juswara,Lina, Schuiteman,Andre, Droissart,Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016
• Subjects: Bulbophyllum; Dendrobium; Kaimana Regency; Kumawa Forest Reserve; limestone karst; Orchidaceae; Taeniophyllum; Triton Bay; Triton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.61.7590; https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/7590/

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.