Oberonia spathipetala J.J.Sm.

Geiger, D. L., 2020, Studies in Oberonia 8 (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae). Additional 24 new synonyms, a corrected spelling, and other nomenclatural matters, Blumea 65 (3), pp. 188-203 : 201-202

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2020.65.03.02

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F541C527-FF9F-FF9A-A470-9C3B998AFDE3

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scientific name

Oberonia spathipetala J.J.Sm.
status

 

Oberonia spathipetala J.J.Sm. — Fig. 15 View Fig

Oberonia spathipetala J.J.Sm. (1908) 30. — Syntype: Branderhorst 191 (BO), [ Indonesia, Irian Jaya,] S coast, N of the Kampoeng Gelieb .

Oberonia odontopetala Schltr.(1911a) 159;(1923) pl.61,f. 217. — Syntypes: Schlechter 19571 (B, lost; BO, L 0061767,AMES 34056/Harvard barcode 00102012), on trees in the forest around Dschischungari, Papua New Guinea, 800 m, syn. nov.

Oberonia pectinata Schltr. (1911a) 159; (1923) pl. 61, f. 218. — Syntype: Schlechter 18540 (B, lost),forests of the Bismarck mountains, Papua New Guinea, 1100 m, syn. nov.

Notes — Smith (1909) used ‘n. sp.’ in the treatment of O. spathipetala , obviously a lapsus calami, that cannot be interpreted as an introduction of a new, homonymous name by the same author.

Oberonia odontopetala and O. pectinata share the strongly toothed lateral petals, the T-shaped lip with expanded epichile, and have identical habits. The margin of the median sepal rang- es from entire ( Fig. 15d – e View Fig ) to apically toothed ( Fig. 15f– g, i View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ) with every intermediate state seen. Similarly, the degree of toothing of the lateral petals is variable between specimens based on additional 16 herbarium specimens examined in BM, CANB, E, K, NSW, SING, and WU. The two illustrations in Schlechter (1923) represent points along a continuous gradient.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

Genus

Oberonia

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