Two new orchid species from the Raja Ampat Archipelago, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia

Reza Saputra; Destario Metusala; André Schuiteman; Yuanito Eliazar; Ashley Field; Katharina Nargar; Darren Crayn

doi:10.7751/telopea21019

Authors

Reza Saputra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-936X
Dr. Destario Metusala, M.Sc Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Bogor–Jakarta km.46, West Java, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0483-1883
Dr. André Schuiteman Science Directorate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6701-8158
Yuanito Eliazar Indonesian Society of Botanical Artists, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-047X
Dr. Ashley Field Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Building E1, McGregor Rd, Smithfield, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
Dr. Katharina Nargar Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Building E1, McGregor Rd, Smithfield, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
Prof. Darren Crayn Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Building E1, McGregor Rd, Smithfield, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea21019

Keywords:

anggrek, Bird’s Head Peninsula, Endangered, jenis baru, Macrouris, New Guinea, Spatulata, Batanta Island

Abstract

Two new species of orchid, Dendrobium siculiforme Saputra, Schuit., & Metusala (section Spatulata Lindl.) and Bulbophyllum ewamiyiuu Saputra, Schuit., & Metusala (section Macrouris Schltr.), are described based on specimens from the Raja Ampat Archipelago, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Detailed morphological descriptions and diagnoses, information on distribution and ecology, and preliminary conservation assessments are provided for each species.

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