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Taeniophyllum obtusum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 357 (1825).This name is a synonym.Accepted Name:Taeniophyllum pusillum (Willd.) Seidenf. & Ormerod in G.Seidenfaden, Descr. Epidendrorum J.G.König: 23 (1995).

Taeniophyllum pusillum (Willd.) Seidenf. & Ormerod in G.Seidenfaden, Descr. Epidendrorum J.G.König: 23 (1995).
* Limodorum pusillum Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 126 (1805).
Chiloschista pusilla (Willd.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 275 (1919).
Epidendrum pusillum J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 6: 49 (1791), nom. illeg.
Taeniophyllum obtusum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 357 (1825).
Oeceoclades retzii Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833).
Taeniophyllum zollingeri Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 41 (1857).
Taeniophyllum serrula Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 77 (1890).
Taeniophyllum vietnamense Tixier & Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 34: 262 (1962).



from Flora of China

145. TAENIOPHYLLUM Blume, Bijdr. 355. 1825.

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Chen Xinqi (??? Chen Sing-chi); Jeffrey J. Wood

Herbs, epiphytic or lithophytic, monopodial, small. Roots radiate, appressed to tree trunk or branch, green and photosynthetic in

rainy season, whitish or grayish in dry season, flattened or terete, rather long and stout. Stems short, nearly invisible. Leaves absent

or reduced to tiny brown scales. Inflorescences lateral, short; rachis slowly elongating, with flowers opening in succession 1 or 2 at a

time; floral bracts persistent, alternate. Flowers usually lasting only a day, small. Sepals and petals free and widely spreading or connate

at base or below middle into a tube. Lip entire or 3-lobed, attached to base of column, spurred or saccate, often with an apical

reflexed tooth or bristle; spur globose to cylindric. Column short, stout, footless; rostellar projection variable; anther cap terminal,

often beaked; pollinia 4, waxy, subglobose, equal, separate from each other, with a common stipe and an oblong or elliptic viscidium.

Between 120 and 180 species: tropical Africa through tropical Asia to Australia and the Pacific islands; three species (one endemic) in China.

1a. Sepals and petals free; lip white .................................................................................................................................... 3. T. pusillum

1b. Sepals and petals ± connate in basal half forming a tube; lip green or yellow-green.

2a. Roots subterete or slightly flattened; spur pouch-shaped ................................................................................ 1. T. glandulosum

2b. Roots strongly flattened; spur subglobose ....................................................................................................... 2. T. complanatum

1. Taeniophyllum glandulosum Blume, Bijdr. 356. 1825.

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Sarcochilus aphyllus Makino; Taeniophyllum aphyllum

(Makino) Makino; T. chitouense S. S. Ying.

Roots spreading and spiderlike on substrate, well developed,

subterete or slightly flattened, 2–10 cm or longer, 1–1.5

mm in diam. Inflorescences 1–4, erect, 5–10(–20) mm; peduncle

and rachis yellowish green, 0.2–0.3 mm in diam.; rachis 1–

4-flowered; floral bracts distichous, ovate-lanceolate, 0.7–1

mm, thickly textured. Flowers yellowish green, very small;

pedicel and ovary 1.5–2 mm. Sepals and petals connate below

middle forming a tube 1–1.5 mm; apical lobes of sepals slightly

recurved, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–2 × ca. 1.2 mm, dorsally

slightly carinate, acute. Petals ovate, 1.2–1.8 × ca. 1.1 mm,

acute; lip ovate-navicular, 1.7–2.5 × 0.6–0.9 mm, margin incurved,

apex acuminate, with a retrorse elongate spinelike

appendage, base with a fleshy septum at entrance of spur; spur

pouch-shaped, 1–1.5 × ca. 1 mm, rounded. Column ca. 0.5 mm,

stelidia ca. 0.5 mm. Capsule ellipsoid-cylindric, ca. 4 × 2 mm.

Fl. and fr. Apr–Aug. 2n = 38.

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 400–1100 m. N Fujian, Guangdong,

Hainan, Hunan, NE Sichuan, C and S Taiwan, S Yunnan [India

(Sikkim), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Guinea, Thailand,

Vietnam; Australia].

2. Taeniophyllum complanatum Fukuyama, Bot. Mag.

(Tokyo) 49: 443. 1935.

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Taeniophyllum crassipes Fukuyama.

Roots strongly flattened, 3–10 cm, 2–5 mm wide. Inflorescence

suberect, 1–4 cm; peduncle and rachis green, slender;

rachis 3–10-flowered; floral bracts triangular, very small. Flowers

green; pedicel and ovary ca. 3 mm. Sepals and petals connate

at base forming a tube 0.8–1 mm; lobes of sepals oblongovate,

2–2.2 × ca. 0.5 mm, slightly reflexed at apex. Petals

smaller, base clawed; lip ovate-triangular, 2–3 mm, entire, with

a small introrse apical linear appendage, base with retrorse

square septum over spur entrance; spur subglobose, ca. 1 mm.

Column short, stelidia rounded. Capsule cylindric, ca. 1 cm ×

1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. unknown.

? C and S Taiwan.

3. Taeniophyllum pusillum (Willdenow) Seidenfaden & Ormerod

in Seidenfaden, Descr. Epidendrorum J. G. König 1791,

23. 1995.

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Limodorum pusillum Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 126. 1805;

Chiloschista pusilla (Willdenow) Schlechter; Taeniophyllum

obtusum Blume.

Roots spreading, flat, to 20 cm, 2–3 mm in diam. Inflorescence

suberect, 4–10 mm; peduncle and rachis ca. 0.4 mm in

diam.; rachis 1–3-flowered; floral bracts distichous, broadly

ovate-triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, abaxially scabrous, apex acute.

Flowers opening widely, slightly fleshy; sepals and petals yellow,

lip white, spur apex pale yellow; pedicel and ovary 0.5–0.6

mm. Sepals free, ovate, 2.9–3 × 1.2–1.3 mm, without distinct

veins, apex obtuse; lateral sepals dorsally carinate. Petals oblong,

ca. 2.5 × 0.6 mm, 1-veined, margin sometimes slightly

irregularly incised, apex subacute; lip cymbiform, broadly

ovate-triangular, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, very fleshy, adaxially with

sparse papillate hairs at base, apex obtuse; spur cylindric,

slightly dorsiventrally compressed, ca. 2 × 1 mm, obtuse.

Column ca. 1 mm. Capsule cylindric, ca. 10 × 3 mm. Fl. and fr.

Mar–May.

Epiphytic on tree trunks at forest margins; 700–1200 m. S Yunnan

[Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam].

EPIDENDROIDEAE