taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	vernacular_names	ḂỸ ¥ Hñ	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 – 5).	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Xizang, Motuo county, Xirang town, subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests, elev. ca. 900 m, 6 August 2023, Xiaohua Jin et al., 40694 (holotype: PE!). Terrestrial or litho-terrestrial, 9 – 18 cm tall at anthesis. Roots hairy. Pseudobulbs short, round to ellipsoid, erect, fleshy. Rhizomes short, creeping along the rocks, about 1 mm in diameter. Leaves 2 - 3, glabrous, plicate, horizontally spreading, base amplexicaul, sheath-like; blade obliquely ovate-elliptic, oblong-ovate, or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 2 × 2.5 cm, apex acuminate or acute. Inflorescence erect, 8 – 13 (– 17) cm, narrowly winged; rachis 5 (– 8) cm, more than 10 - flowered, green; floral bracts ovate, 0.5 (– 1) mm, yellowish green, apex acuminate. Flowers greenish yellow, resupinate; pedicel and ovary 0.3 (– 0.5) cm long. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1 mm. Lateral sepals linearlanceolate, ca. 2 × 1 mm. Petals linear, often narrower than sepals, ca. 2 × 0.5 mm. Lip cordiform, 3 - veined, midvein rather conspicuous, margin revolute, with a U-shaped callus at the base, 2.5 × 1.5 mm; apex obscurely irregularly crenate. Column erect, conical, lacking a foot, ca. 0.3 mm long, not winged. Anther cap deltoid-oblong. Pollinia 4. Stigma concave, suboblong. Rostellum white, triangular, 3 - parted: two front parts linear, narrowed toward the middle; rear part ligulate. Capsule ellipsoid.	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Liparis zhipingiana differs from Malaxis weberbaueriana by having elliptic pseudobulbs, green flowers, a lip without auricle, a U-shaped callus at the base of the lip, a short, conical column lacking wings, and a triangular rostellum (Table 1).	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific epithet refers to Zhiping Wang, the discoverer of this species.	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: Liparis zhipingiana is known to occur at two sites. It grows on humus-rich, mosscovered rocks in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests, at elevation 780 – 900 m.	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: Flowering from July to August, fruiting from August to December.	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
03A8881CFFFCFFD8FF740C3BFA9FAB8E.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: Two populations with approximately 300 plants have been discovered. Although the habitat is not affected by any immediate threats, we tentatively assess the risk of extinction of L. zhipingiana as Critically Endangered (CR) under criteria B 2 ab (i, ii, iii, iv, v) according to the IUCN criteria version 15.1 (IUCN 2022).	en	Wen, Haixia, Wang, Zhiping, Lin, Dongliang, Li, Jianwu, Song, Xiqiang, Jin, Xiaohua (2025): Liparis zhipingiana (Malaxideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 78-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.5
