A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) Author Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Author Schuiteman, Andre Science Directorate, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AB, U. K. Author Jin, Wei-Tao State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Author Jin, Xiao-Hua State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar xiaohuajin@ibcas.ac.cn text PhytoKeys 2017 2017-04-19 79 1 74 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.79.11215 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.79.11215 1314-2003-79-1 254BFFC9FF9A3360AA0D4550FF8FFFEE 576376 12. Herminium edgeworthii (Hook.f. ex Collett) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015. Fig. 5F Platanthera edgeworthii (Hook.f. ex Collett) R.K. Gupta, Fl. Nainital 349. 1968. Platantheroides edgeworthii (Hook.f. ex Collett) Szlach., Richardiana 4: 106. 2004. Basionym. Habenaria edgeworthii Hook.f. ex Collett, Fl. Siml. 504. 1902. Type . INDIA . Himachal Pradesh , Simla, Banatar, 08.1834, Edgeworth s.n. ( Holotype : K! [K000247384]) . Description. Plant 20-50 cm tall. Tuber subglobose to ellipsoid, 1-2.4 x 0.4-9 cm. Stem with tubular sheaths at base, 3-5-leaved. Leaves well-spaced, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, lanceolate, 4-8 x 1-4 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence 20-30 cm, peduncle cylindrical with foliaceous lanceolate bracts, apex acute, 1-3 x 2-4 cm, rachis 7-28 cm long with densely many flowers; floral bracts lanceolate, acute, equal or shorter than ovary, 5-15 x 2-3 mm. Flowers pale yellowish green to greenish yellow, ca. 1 cm long, pedicel and ovary arcuate, beaked, twisted, 5-15 cm long. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptic-ovate, concave, margin ciliated, 3-4 x 4-5 mm, lateral sepals reflexed, oblong ovate, margin ciliated, apex obtuse, 4.5-6 x 2-3 mm. Petals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, 4-6 x 1.5-2 mm. Lip entire, lingulate, 7 x 2 mm with concave at base, slightly fleshy, clawed above base, apex obtuse, spur cylindrical, spreading upwards, longer than the ovaray, 1-2 cm long. Column 4 mm long, pollinia subglobose, with short caudicle, viscidia orbicular; rostellum triangular, ca. 2 mm; stigma lobes separate, clavate to oblong, ca. 2 mm, spreading on either side of lip base. Flowering time. August-September. Habitat. Terrestrial in Quercus forest and forest margins, and in subalpine grassland at elevations of 1800-2500 m. Distribution. China, India, Myanmar, Nepal. Specimens examined. CHINA : Tibet , Yatung , 1897, Hobson H. E. , s.n. (K); Jatung , 3050 m , 03.08.1936 , Spencer Chapman F. , 334 (K); Lhasa , 1947, Guthrie J. , s.n. (K) . INDIA : Uttarakhand , Almora, S. R. and Winterbottom J. E., 41 (K). NEPAL : Bagamati , Rasuwa District , Ghatte Khola , 1900 m , 21.08.1964 , Shrestha T. B. ,and Bista M. S. , 1847 (KATH) ; Gandaki , Manang District , Dhanagyung-Dharapani , 2000 m , 07.08.1983 , Rajbhandari K. R. , 9061 (KATH) ; Karnali , Kalikot District , near Kadampur , 1800 m , 31.08.1985 , Shakya P.R. , Subedi N. N. , and Uprety R., 8486 (KATH) ; Mahakali , Darchula District , Kasoti , 2430 m , 20.08.1984 , Shakya P. R. , Adhikari M. K. , and Subedi N. N. , 7968 (KATH) .