taxonID	type	description	language	source
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	materials_examined	Type — China. Xizang, Motuo Country, alt, 3640 m, 9 August 2023, Xiaohua Jin et al. 40835 (holotype, PE; isotype, PE).	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis — Neottia linzhiensis is similar to N. brevicaulis by sharing two opposite leaves nearly prostrate on the ground and a pair of auricles at base of lip. However, N. linzhiensis is distinguished from N. brevicaulis by having lip shallowly bilobed at apex, column not curve, and stigma nearly apical at column.	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	description	Description — Terrestrial herb, 15 – 20 cm tall. Roots and stem slender. Leaves 2, opposite, borne at the base of stem, almost prostrate on ground, broadly ovate, ca. 1.8 cm long, 1.0 cm wide. Scape 15 - 20 cm long; rachis 3 – 5 cm long, laxly 6 – 8 flowered, flowers spirally along rachis. Flowers green, glabrous; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 – 4 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, apex acute; ovary and pedicel 5 mm long. Sepals and petals connate forming hood; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2.5 mm long, 0.8 – 1.0 mm wide, 1 - veined, apex acute; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm long, 0.8 – 1.0 mm wide; petals slightly oblique, lanceolate, ca. 2.3 mm long, 0.8 – 1.0 mm wide; lip shallowly bilobed, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 1.7 mm wide at middle, base with a pair of auricles; auricles, ca. 0.5 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, apex obtuse. Column short, ca. 1.2 mm long, 0.8 mm in diam, not curve; pollinia 2; stigma nearly at apex of column.	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat — Neottia linzhiensis is currently found from the Motuo County and Milin County, Xizang, China. The new species grows on alpine grasslands, at an elevation of 3500 – 3700 m.	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology — Flowing from August to September.	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
045764133236FFB6FFABE9B4FBE3DAD7.taxon	conservation	Conservation status — Neottia linzhiensis occurs in Motuo County, Xizang. About five populations were discovered during the fieldwork. Up to now, the habitat is rarely affected by human activities. Therefore, Neottia linzhiensis is considered as LC according to the IUCN criteria version 15.1 (IUCN 2022).	en	Cai, Hong, Lin, Dong-Liang, Ye, Chao, Wang, Han-Chen, Yang, Bo-Yun, Jin, Xiao-Hua (2023): Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 629 (2): 155-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.629.2.5/51337
