全 文 ：热带亚热带植物学报　2013， 21(3)： 231~233
Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany
During the field work in Yunnan province, two
species of Oberonia Lindl. (Orchidaceae) were found.
They were identified as O. falcata King & Pantl. and
O. kanburiensis Seidenf.[1–4], new records to Chinese
flora[5–6].
The genus Oberonia Lindl., containing about
150 to 200 species is centered in tropical Asia
but extending to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the
Mascarene Islands, the Philippines, New Guinea, NE
Australia, and the SW Pacific islands across to Tahiti.
There are 33 species (11 endemic) in China[6]. We can
easily distinguish this genus from others by its fleshy
equitant distichous leaves and minute but numerous
flowers.
Oberonia falcata King & Pantl., Journ. As. Soc.
Beng. II. 64: 329, 1895; Seidenf. in Dansk Bot. Ark.
25(3): 76 – 78. fig. 46 – 48. 1968. Type: Thailand,
Sikkim, Labba, ca. 1800 m, Pantling 218. (K, photo!).
镰叶鸢尾兰　新拟 Fig. 1: A – B
Epiphytic. Stem elongate, internodes 20 mm, 5 –
12 cm long. Leaves falcate, 2 – 6 cm long, about 3 –
6 mm broad, dilated near base into flattened sheaths,
with a narrow membranous margin on adaxial side.
Inflorescence almost sessile, pendulous, 5 – 15 cm long
with dense flowers. Flowers yellowish-green, minute
中国鸢尾兰属(兰科)二新记录
田怀珍1*, 胡超1, 童毅2,3
(1. 华东师范大学生命科学学院，上海 200241； 2. 中国科学院华南植物园，广州 510650； 3. 中国科学院大学，北京 100049)
摘要： 报道了中国兰科(Orchidaceae)植物二新记录种，即镰叶鸢尾兰(Oberonia falcata King & Pantl.)和坎布里鸢尾兰(O.
kanburiensis Seidenf.)。镰叶鸢尾兰茎较长，叶镰曲状，萼片反折，唇瓣中裂片二裂呈锐角，先端尖；坎布里鸢尾兰花瓣及唇瓣边
缘流苏状，唇瓣中部缢缩，在中裂片先端最宽。
关键词： 鸢尾兰属； 兰科； 新记录； 中国
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005–3395.2013.03.007
Two Newly Recorded Species of Oberonia (Orchidaceae) from China
TIAN Huai-zhen1*, HU Chao1, TONG Yi2,3
(1. School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; 2. South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Guangzhou 510650, China; 3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
Abstract: Oberonia falcata King & Pantl. and O. kanburiensis Seidenf. are new to Chinese flora. O. falcata is
characterized by elongate stem, falcate leaves, reflexed sepals and the midlobes of lip bilobed, with acute angle
and acute apexes. O. kanburiensis is marked with fringed petals and lip, which constrict at middle part then widen
forward to the greatest width.
Key words: Oberonia; Orchidaceae; New record; China
Received： 2012–10–15　　　　Accepted： 2013–01–24
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30900077) and Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China
(20090076120008).
TIAN Huai-zhen (1981 ~ ), PhD. Mainly study about orchid classification and conservation.
* Corresponding author. E-mail: thz0102@126.com
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and sub-verticillate; floral bracts ovate, ca. 1.8 mm
long, 0.5 mm broad, erose equal to and sheathing
the stalked ovary; sepals sub-similar, broadly ovate,
0.5 mm long, 0.4 mm broad, entire, reflexed; petals
linear-oblong, as long as sepals, ca. 0.2 mm broad,
apex obtuse, entire. Lip ochroid, broadly oblong, ca.
1.2 mm long, 1 mm broad, 3-lobed, the sidelobes
triangular, subulate; the midlobe bifid, the two lobulets
acuminate, about a third of the lip, slightly divergent
at their apices. Column cylindrical with two fleshy
wings. Anther cap cordate. Pollinia 4, ovate, cohering
in 2 pairs, flattened. Fl. Aug. – Sep.
Oberonia japonica was once misidentified as
O. falcata and reported in Taiwan, but O. japonica is
smaller, and the leaves are not as falcate as O. falcata.
It is similar as O. mannii, but O. falcata has linear-
oblong petals (vs. ovate), broader leaves ca. 3 – 6 mm
(vs. 2 – 3 mm), longer stem internodes ca. 20 mm (vs.
10 mm).
China. Yunnan (云 南): Yingjiang (盈 江), Zhi-
naxiang (支那乡), Baiaishan (白矮山). Epiphytic on
trunks, 1850 m, 2012–08–15, H. Z. Tian 717 (HSNU).
Oberonia kanburiensis Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr.
68(1): 47, fig. 12. 1973 et in Dansk Bot. Ark. 33(1):
19. fig. 9. 1978. Type: Thailand, Kanburi, Huay Ban
Kao, west of Sisawat 750 m, Beusekom et al. 3657. (L,
photo!). 坎布里鸢尾兰 新拟 Fig. 1: C – D
Epiphytic herbs. Stem very short concealed by
leaf sheaths. Leaves 5 – 8, sword-shaped, 2 – 15 cm
long, 7 – 9 mm broad, laterally compressed, equitant
distichous. Inflorescence 10 – 15 cm long, terete, the
ochrous yellow flowers placed irregularly verticillate;
floral bracts ovate-lanceolate ca. 1.5 mm long, 0.5 mm
Fig. 1 Oberonia falcata King & Pantl and O. kanburiensis Seidenf. A – B. Oberonia falcate. A. Flowering plants； B. Flower； C – D. O. kanburiensis.
C. Flowering plants; D. Flower.
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broad, slightly longer than and sheathing pedicel
and ovary, irregularly fringed; sepals broadly ovate
to ovate-elliptic, spreading, entire, ca. 0.8 mm long,
0.5 mm broad, apex obtuse; petals ovate, 1.4 mm long,
1 mm broad, coarsely fringed. Lip broadly oblong,
3-lobed, lateral lobes subsquare, fringed; midlobe
conspicuously larger than lateral lobes, widening from
a base about 1 mm broad, greatest width nearly
2 mm, apex bilobed, split ca. 0.5 mm deep. Column
cylindrical. Anther cap terminal. Pollinia 4, ovate,
orange. Fl. Aug. – Sep.
Oberonia kanburiensis is similar with O. iridifolia,
but flowers sparser (vs. densely flowered, less than
1 mm apart), floral bracts ovate-lanceolate (vs. ovate-
oblong), midlobe of lip widening forwards, apex
the most width (vs. thining forwards, base the most
width).
China. Yunnan (云 南): Yingjiang (盈 江), Zhi-
naxiang (支那乡), Baiaishan (白矮山). Epiphytic on
trunks, 1713 m, 2012– 08–15, H. Z. Tian 716 (HSNU).
Etymology: The Chinese names of Oberonia
falcata and O. kanburiensis are chosen according to
the translation of their specific epithet.
Distribution: Oberonia falcata is distributed
in India, Vietnam, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Thailand
and Malaya[1]. O. kanburiensis was once endemic to
Thailand[2]. These two species are reported in China
for the first time.
Acknowledgements　　We are grateful to XU Gui-hua,
ZHAO Yong-quan (Yingjiang Administration of Tongbiguan
Nature Reserve, Yunnan) and LEI Yue (Forest Bureau of
Yingjiang, Yunnan) for their assistances in the field survey.
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