Apostasia fujianica Y. Li & S. Lan 2023, sp. nov.
Creators
- 1. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & lyy 9902140575 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6461 - 4015
- 2. Fujian Health College, Fuzhou, Fujian 350101, China & fjmaliang @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7366 - 7290
- 3. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350000, China & fjliudk @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9927 - 0366
- 4. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350000, China & 3210422095 @ fafu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2136 - 5370
- 5. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & diyangzhang @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7548 - 4378
- 6. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350000, China & 3210422027 @ fafu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7670 - 0340
- 7. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & cgz 1020 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4777 - 3559
- 8. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & qinyaozheng @ fafu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9807 - 2026
- 9. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & zjliu @ fafu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4390 - 3878
- 10. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China & College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350000, China & lkzx @ fafu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2793 - 6768
Description
Apostasia fujianica Y.Li & S.Lan, sp. nov. (Fig. 2) (Dz×ffi±)
Type:— CHINA. Fujian (Dz×): Zhangzhou (dzffl), Zhaoan (DZae), Wushan Scenic Spot, deep soils on the slope of evergreen broadleaved forests, elev. 752 m, 117°10′43″ E, 23°51′48″ N, 2021.6.20, Ma 2021 (holotype: FAFU!).
This new species is similar to A. shenzhenica but can be distinguished by its narrowly ovate leaves, 1.5–2.0 × 1.0– 1.5 cm with a 0.8–1.0 mm long apicule. The inflorescences are 0.8–1.7 cm long with 8–11 flowers. The flowers are not fully open, cleistogamous and have similar sepals and petals, each with a 0.2 mm long apicule. The inner margins of two anthers are connivent to form a Solanum -like anther arrangement with one stigma and cavity and cylindrical fruits.
Terrestrial herbs, 3–5 cm tall. Rhizomes bearing many rootlets, tubers scattered along the roots, 3-4 mm in diameter, globular. Stems erect, lignified, not branched, 2-3 mm in diameter, multinodal, with a cylindrical sheath 8–10 mm long, the upper part of the sheath with 3–8 leaves. Leaves ovate, 1.5–2.0 × 1.0– 1.5 cm, apex acute, the base contracted into a 6–8 mm long stalk, stalk base dilated and clasping the stem. Panicle arising from stem apex, arching, 0.8–1.7 cm long, 8–11-flowered; bracts ovate, 2–3 mm long; pedicel and ovary 0.8–1.2 cm long; flowers green-yellow, not fully opening, cleistogamous, 0.4–0.6 cm in diameter; sepals 3, similar to each other, narrowly oblong, 5.0–6.0 × 1.5–2.0 mm, central portion with a keeled protrusion that elongates into a 0.2 mm apicule; petals 3, similar to the sepals; basal part of stamen 3 fused with style to a form a cylindrical column, 2.0– 2.5 mm long; a subquadrate nectary, 0.8× 0.8 mm, the upper portion of column slightly longitudinally sulcate; fertile stamens 2, each with a 0.8 mm free filament; anthers narrowly-elliptic, 3.0–4.0 × 1.5–1.8 mm, the two apices equal, clasping the style and staminode below, each bilocular with powdery pollen; staminode opposite dorsal sepal, fused with and shorter than the style, apex fully separated from upper part of style; style 1.8–2.2 mm long, shorter than anthers, stigma 1, with a cavity. Berry-like fruits are long, cylindrical, green, 0.9–1.0 cm long and 1.8–2.2 mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:— Terrestrial in loose, rocky soil in broad-leaved forest at an elevation of approximately 600–800 m in Fujian Province, China.
Phenology:— Flowering June–July, fruiting June–February.
Conservation status:— Only one population has been located, consisting of no more than 50 individuals. This site is not in a protected area, and using the IUCN (2012) guidelines, A. fujianica should be considered critically endangered.
Etymology:— Referring to the province where this new species was found.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- FAFU
- Event date
- 2021-06-20
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Apostasia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Y. Li & S. Lan
- Species
- fujianica
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2021-06-20
- Taxonomic concept label
- Apostasia fujianica Li & Lan, 2023
References
- IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List categories and criteria, version 3.1, second edition. Gland and Cambridge, 30 pp.