Corybas papillatus (Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from peninsular Thailand

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Helmet orchid · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies, Biological and pharmacological studies of plants

A new species, Corybas papillatus, is described and illustrated from peninsular Thailand. The new species is easily recognized through a combination of the following characters: the purplish flower, the rounded apex of the dorsal sepal, the outer surface of dorsal sepal covered with irregular papillae in the upper half, the lateral sepals adnate laterally at the base to the connate petals, the V-shaped throat, the labellum bearing short hairs, dentate to erose labellum margins, and well-developed conical spurs. A key to the species of Corybas in Thailand is presented.

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