A new species, Rohdea changii, is described from NW Yunnan, China. It is somewhat similar to R. nepalensis, R. siamensis and R. wattii in sharing the character of the long bracts exceeding the flowers, but differs mainly by the oblanceolate leaf blades, acute leaf apices, bracts often distally lobed, oblique-zygomorphic flowers, flowers tuning to nearly white at late and after anthesis, 6 to 9 stamens, and 5-lobed stigmas. The comparison of the new species with R. nepalensis, R. siamensis and R. wattii is reported.
Rohdea wangiana is described as a new species from SW Sichuan, China. It is somewhat similar to R. pachynema in based on spikes without a marked terminal tuft of sterile bracts and deltoid filaments, but differs based on a combination of the following characters: leaf blades marginally serrulate; peduncle ebracteate; one bract per flower; perianth externally angulate, perianth segments distally denticulate or three-lobed, small lobe present between adjacent filaments, filaments inserted to base of perianth segments; stigma obviously lower than stamens; lack of slender stolons.
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