Bulbophyllum nodosum (Rolfe 1895) Smith 1912
- Dataset
- Bulbophyllum section Rhytionanthos (Orchidaceae) in Vietnam with description of new taxa and new national record
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Liliopsida
- order
- Asparagales
- family
- Orchidaceae
- genus
- Bulbophyllum
- species
- Bulbophyllum nodosum
biology_ecology
Habitat and phenology: — Creeping epiphyte on large trees in dry forests at elevation of about 1000 m a. s. l.
discussion
Notes: — The species is very close to B. helenae, but can be easily distinguished by the clavate hairs on pedicel, ovary, and abaxial surface of sepals, as well as in having nodular swellings on the thick rhizome. Our discovery represent new national record of this species in the flora of Vietnam.
distribution
Distribution: — Vietnam (Son La Province). India.
materials_examined
Studied specimens: — INDIA, Nilghiri Hills, s. coll., s. n. (K 000829967 photo!, type of B. nodosum). INDIA, Nilghiri Hills, s. coll., s. n. (K 000829965 photo! http: // specimens. kew. org / herbarium / K 000829965, K 000829966 photo! http: // specimens. kew. org / herbarium / K 000829966, K 000829968 photos! http: // specimens. kew. org / herbarium / K 000829968). VIETNAM, Dien Bien Province, Tua Chua District, Sin Chai Municipality, around point 22 ° 03 ’ 38 ” N 103 ° 19 ’ 56 ” E, primary humid evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes and on tops of remnant mountain composed with highly eroded marble-like solid crystalline limestone at elevation of 1350 – 1500 m a. s. l., epiphyte, occasional, 14 December 2010, L. Averyanov et al., CPC 982 a / 3 (LE 01068417 http: // en. herbariumle. ru /? t = occ & id = 15085, LE 01055568 http: // en. herbariumle. ru /? t = occ & id = 7316, LE 01087022 http: // en. herbariumle. ru /? t = occ & id = 18117 photos). VIETNAM, herbarium specimen prepared from plants cultivated in private garden in Ho Chi Minh City, originated from Son La Province, Thuan Chau District, 28 August 2021, Truong Ba Vuong BV 1260 (VNM 00069916, LE 01122925 http: // en. herbariumle. ru /? t = occ & id = 107046 photos), BV 1261 (VNM 00069917), 15 September 2020, Truong Ba Vuong, Ngo Quang Dang, BV 1298 (VNM 00069922).