A New species of Dendrobium Sw. (Orchidaceae) from Meghalaya, India
Chaya Deori, Sarma S.K., Hynniewta T.M. & S.J. Phukan
Published on : 30-Jun-2006
DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2006.16.01.10
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A new species, Dendrobium meghalayense C. Deori et al., is described and illustrated from Khasi and Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya. lt differs from its allied species D. longicornu Lindl. and D. wattii(Hook.f.) Reichb.f. in having an unlobed rhomboid lip, emarginate-mucronate and dentate-senate at apex, leaf apices obtusely bilobed and petal margins subserrate towards apex.
