Three new species, four new records and an updated checklist ofHabenaria(Orchidaceae) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Abstract

Th ree new species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) section Nudae from Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, are described and illustrated: Habenaria australis , H. kleinii and H. sobraliana . Th ese are the fi rst records of H. sect. Nudae for the state. Based on the examination of living and dried specimens, a total of 33 species and 400 collections of Habenaria were recorded for Rio Grande do Sul. Based on this survey, an updated checklist of the genus Habenaria for Rio Grande do Sul has been compiled. Four species are known only from this state, while seven other species are restricted to southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Habenaria hieronymi , previously known only from Argentina, is recorded for the fi rst time from Brazil, and H. brachyphyton , H. ekmaniana and H. melanopoda are new records for Rio Grande do Sul.

Preliminary Checklist of Malaxidinae and Liparidinae Representatives (Orchidaceae, Malaxideae) from Bali and Lombok Islands (Indonesia) with New Records

“…in Cuba [8] or Peru [9]), continent (e.g., Bulbophyllum Thouars in Africa [10]), or region (e.g., Dendrochilum Blume in East Malaysia [11], Bulbophyllum in Borneo [12], or Habenaria Willd. in the Brazilian Rio Grande do Sul [13]). Many works of this type constitute the first step in monograph preparation (e.g., checklist of Catasetum Rich.…”

Habenaria parviflora (Orchidaceae), extension of its austral distributional limit and new synonymy

“…The similarity between H. parviflora and H. uruguayensis – eventually “ H. montevindensis Spreng.” – is mentioned by several authors (Kraenzlin , Hoehne , Correa , Brade , Pabst , Garay , Izaguirre , Batista et al ), yet some of them also suggest these species could correspond to a single taxon (Garay , Izaguirre ). As a matter of fact, the illustrations based on flowers from types drawn by Lindley (K‐293883, K‐941380) and Renz (based on G‐169071) together with the illustrations of H. uruguayensis provided by Kraenzlin (, Table 3), the illustrations of H. parviflora provided by Barbosa Rodrigues (Sprunger et al , pp.…”

Habenaria fimbriatiloba (Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from China

“…The estimated number of species included in the genus is over 800 (Govaerts et al 2010), but novelties are published frequently (eg. Batista et al 2012, Karthigeyan et al 2014, Murugan et al 2014. The highest specific diversity of Habenaria is observed in Brazil, southern and central Africa and East Asia (Kurzweil & Weber 1992), but species are found in most tropical and subtropical regions.…”