Bulbophyllum chelicerum Aver. & Vuong

, Phytotaxa 416(1): 55 (2019).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77202116-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
416(1): 55
Date of Publication
9 Sep 2019
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Truong Ba Vuong BV 350
Locality
Southern Vietnam, Kon Tum province, Chu Mom Rai Mountains, evergreen broad-leaved humid forests, c. 1700m
Collection Date
19 Feb 2019
Type Herbaria
holotype VNM
epitype LE 01050437
Distribution Of Types
Vietnam (Indo-China, Asia-Tropical)
Type Remarks
Prepared from a plant cultivated in South Vietnam, originally collected by Truong Ba Vuong, s.n.

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.416.1.6 Species epithet refers to elongate white petals and stelidia prominently protruding forward at front of brownish woolly flower like chelicerae of a small spider.