A New Species of Dendrobium Sw. (Orchidaceae) from Meghalaya, India

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Published: 30.06.2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2006.16.01.10
Keywords:
Dendrobium meghalayense, New species, Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

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Chaya Deori
Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong 793003, Meghalaya, India.
S. K. Sarma
Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781006, Assam, India.
T. M. Hynniewta
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Circle, Gangtok 737103, Sikkim, India.
S. J. Phukan
Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong 793003, Meghalaya, India.

Abstract

A new species, Dendrobium meghalayense C. Deori et al., is described and illustrated from Khasi and Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya. It differs from its allied species D. longicornu Lindi. and D. wattii (Hook. f.) Reichb. f. in having an unlobed rhomboid lip, emarginate-mucronate and dentate-serrate at apex, leaf apices obtusely bilobed and petal margins subserrate towards apex. 

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2006): Rheedea

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New Taxa
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Deori, C., Sarma, S. K., Hynniewta, T. M., & Phukan, S. J. (2006). A New Species of Dendrobium Sw. (Orchidaceae) from Meghalaya, India. Rheedea, 16(1), 55-58. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2006.16.01.10

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