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Issue: Vol. 273 No. 1: 5 September 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.273.1.8
Page range: 72–76
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Bulbophyllum paramjitii (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Malaxideae): a new species from Sikkim Himalaya, India


Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, Gangtok-737103, Sikkim India
Botanical Survey of India, A. J. C. Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah-711103, West Bengal, India
Botanical Survey of India, A. J. C. Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah-711103, West Bengal, India
Orchidaceae Epidendroideae Malaxideae Monocots India

Abstract

Bulbophyllum Petit-Thouars (1822) is one of the largest orchid genera with about 2200 taxa, widely distributed in the tropics (Vermeulen 2014). The main centres of diversity are Asia-Pacific (1700 species), Madagascar (200 species) and New Guinea (600 species). Based on evidence from morphological and molecular data, Vermeulen (2014) recommended a wider circumscription of Bulbophyllum.