A new orchid species was discovered in Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa
Plant houses The Institute of Tropical Biology under the Vietnam and Czech Academy of Science and Technology has discovered and published a new species of orchid in Hon Ba Nature Reserve.
This orchid is named Lan yersin (Cleisostoma yersinii J. Ponert & Vuong) , after the name of Dr. Alexandre Yersin, who discovered Hon Ba and he was also the one who lived and worked here at the beginning of the century. 20.
Species identification characteristics Cleisostoma lecongkietii Tich et Aver.(Photo: Institute of Tropical Biology).
Previously, in September 2015, Prof. Lenonid A. Veryanov and his colleagues also published a new species of orchid discovered in Binh Thuan in Taiwainia magazine, episode 60, number 3 and named the pear- orchid Lan ( Cleisostoma lecongkietii Tich et Aver.) . The researchers compared and compared the two orchid species to be the same and the same species, and confirmed that the yersin species (C. yersinii) was obviously the synonym name (synonym) of the exhausted pear orchid species ( C. lecongkietii).
The exhausted pear orchid species (C. lecongkietii) is found at an altitude of 600–800m above sea level (Aver et. Al, 2015), while the yersin species (C. yersinii) is found at the It is over 1,500m high at Hon Ba Nature Reserve, and this is also a new distribution area of this species.
Lan yersin is the nickname of Lan Lan.(Photo: Institute of Tropical Biology).
It is known that to date, botanists from the Institute of Tropical Biology of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have discovered and described 4 new species of orchids (including Cleisostoma yersinii): Vanilla atropogon, Cordiglottis longipedicellata , Miguelia cruenta, Cleisostoma lecongkietii (Synonym: Cleisostmoa yersinii).
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