PlantaeAsparagalesOrchidaceaeRaskotiBhakta BahadurSchuitemanAndréJinWei-TaoJinXiao-HuaA taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae)PhytoKeys194201720177917410.3897/phytokeys.79.11215 Herminium neotineoides Ames & Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih.4: 42. 1919. Peristylus neotineoides(Ames & Schltr.) K. Y. Lang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 453. 1987. Monorchis neotineoides(Ames & Schltr.) O. Schwarz. Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 95. 1949.Type.

CHINA. Sichuan, Western Szechuan, 12000 ft, 1907, Wilson E. H., 1768 (Holotype: AMES! [AMES 00100259]; Isotypes: AMES! [AMES00100261], K! [K000796955]).

Description.

Plant 20–38 cm tall. Tubers oblong-ovoid, 1–2 × 1–1.5 cm. Stem with 2–3 tubular sheaths and 2 leaves at base. Leaves subopposite, oblong-lanceolate, 4–15 × 0.8–3 cm, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence 25–28 cm, peduncle cylindrical, with 1 peduncle-scale; rachis 8–18 cm, densely many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 5–15 × 1–2 mm, longer than ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers green; pedicel and ovary 4–5 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals spreading, elliptic, 2–2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals hooded with dorsal sepal, ovate-lanceolate, oblique, 2–2.5 × ca. 1 mm, concave, apex obtuse. Lip ovate, 2–3 × 2–2.5 mm, base concave, 3-lobed toward apex; disk with a subglobose callus; lateral lobes lanceolate, falcate, apex obtuse; mid-lobe ovate-lanceolate, slightly longer and broader than lateral lobes, apex obtuse; spur saccate; Column ca. 1.5 mm, viscidia ovate, rostellum triangular, 1 mm, stigma transversely oblong.

Flowering time.

July.

Habitat.

Terrestrial on grassy slopes and pastures between Pinus trees at elevations of 3100–4000 m.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Sichuan, Kangding county, 3150 m, 24.07.1963, Guan K. & Wang W. et al. 340 (PE).