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 15. Herminium fimbriatum (Raskoti) X.H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q. Huang, Cladistics 2015. Basionym. Bhutanthera fimbriata Raskoti, Phytotaxa 62: 57-60. 2012 Type . NEPAL . Rasuwa , 3800 m , 14 July 2008 , Raskoti B. B. , 234 ( Holotype : KATH!) . Description. Plant 11 cm tall. Tubers subglobose, 5 mm in diameter. Stem with an ovate, tubular sheath and 2 leaves at base. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, 3.0-3.5 x 2.0-2.2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence densely up to 8-flowered; peduncle 7 cm long, rachis 2.5 cm long, lower floral bracts ovate-triangular, 1 x 1 mm, apex acute, upper bracts lanceolate, 2 x 1 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers 1 cm across, sepals green with white margins, petals and lip white; pedicel and ovary fusiform, ridged, 7 mm long, apex beaked. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 4.0-5.0 x 2.5 mm, margin of the apical portion weakly fimbriate, apex obtuse; lateral sepals elliptic-ovate, oblique, 5.0-6.0 x 2.0-2.5 mm, margin of the apical portion weakly fimbriate, apex obtuse. Petals orbicular-elliptic, concave, 2.5 x 2.5 mm, apex rotund. Lip oblong, 4.0 x 1.5 mm, fleshy, trilobed below the middle; side lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.0 x 0.5 mm, apex acute; midlobe oblong, 2.5 x 1.0 mm, apex obtuse; spur cylindrical with slightly dilated apex, 3.0-4.0 mm long, apex obtuse. Column 1 mm long, pollinia clavate-elliptic. Fruit oblong. Flowering time. July Habitat. Terrestrial in subalpine meadows and open moist places at elevation of 3800 m. Distribution. Endemic to Nepal.