Odontochilus putaoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Myanmar

Odontochilus putaoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Myanmar

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Odontochilus putaoensis, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated from Putao Township, Kachin State, Myanmar.Odontochilus putaoensis is close to O.duplex, but can be easily distinguished Saw Palmetto from the latter by having a light yellow lip, a bisaccate hypochile with a small, erect, blade-like and emarginate callus within each sac, a mesochile with a pair of dentate-pectinate flanges and a bilobed epichile with a pair of widely diverging lobes that are erect and concave.

An identification key to the Southeast Asian species of Odontochilus and colour photographs of O.putaoensis are provided.A preliminary conservation assessment according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria Front Roller Screw is given for the new species.