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in having the lateral lobes of the labellum raised above the column and mid-lobe of the labellum divided into three lobules but can be differentiated on the basis of larger flowers (
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in latter); midlobule of the mid-lobe same size as the side lobules (&gt; 
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) mid-lobule in the latter; lateral lobe of the labellum slender and terete with a club shaped tip curved to face each other in former against sub-triangular, parallel and inflated in latter.
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: Plants herbaceous, epiphyte. Roots vermiform. Stem reduced. Leaves 4 to 5, laterally compressed, fleshy, distichous, oblong-ensiform, sub-acute, 5–6 × 
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long, pendulous. Peduncle terete. Flowers reddish-brown, opening progressively downwards, 3 × 
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. Floral bracts slightly longer than the dorsal sepals, ovate, acuminate, acute, 1.9 × 
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. Sepals and petals dissimilar, petals longer than sepals. Dorsal sepal ovate, acuminate, acute, 1.6 × 
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. Lateral sepals orbicular, rounded, 1 × 
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. Petals ciliate, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, 2.1 × 
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. Lip 1.4 × 
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. Lateral lobes succulent, terete, incurved towards club shaped apex, apex facing each other, 
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long. Mid-lobe trifid, lobules equal sized; lateral lobules sub-triangular, diverging, 0.3 × 
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; mid-lobule, triangular, 0.25 × 
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. Column short, 0.5 × 
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. Pollinia 4, hitching in two pyriform pairs, 0.32 × 
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(ovary with pedicel). [
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Flowers throughout December to January.
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Epiphytic plants growing on lichen and moss covered tree trunks; 
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peak (Samanala) 
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footpath, 
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belongs to the lowland–wet zone in 
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Ashton 
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1997
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At present, 
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.
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is known only from the Adam’s peak, Kuruwita–Erathna footpath. Unsuccessful efforts were made by the authors to find this new species in the adjacent areas. Hence this species has been assessed as Data Deficient (DD; IUCN 2012) and endemic to 
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.
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFF5B7088FEE4BDBD" bold="true" box="[189,356,1218,1243]" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Etymology:—</emphasis>
Species is named after Dr. Madhava Meegaskumbura, a leading taxonomist and herpetologist of 
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, based at Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya.
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. 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFC6C7140FB2EBC45" box="[906,1198,1290,1315]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Oberonia weragamaensis</emphasis>
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, 
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! - 
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, 
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2031
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(
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!)
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; 
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:— 
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, 
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, 
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2143
</emphasis>
(
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! - 
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)
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; 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFE97713CFDCCBCE9" box="[369,588,1398,1423]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Oberonia fornicata</emphasis>
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, 
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(
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! - 
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; 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFAA7713CFF70BCD5" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Oberonia claviloba</emphasis>
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:— 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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2144
</emphasis>
(
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! - 
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)
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; 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFAA771D0FF76BCB1" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Oberonia dolabrata</emphasis>
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:— 
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2160
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(
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFF5B71A8FE0CBC9D" bold="true" box="[189,396,1506,1531]" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Taxonomic Notes</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFE5F71A8FD70BC9D" box="[441,752,1506,1531]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Oberonia meegaskumburae</emphasis>
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shows close affinity with 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFBF871A8FB70BC9D" box="[1054,1264,1506,1531]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">O. weragamaensis</emphasis>
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and distribution of both species seems to be overlapping and both bear reddish-brown flowers, still these two species are very distinct from each other. 
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has much longer inflorescence (~ 
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), comparatively larger flowers (
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long) against shorter inflorescence (~ 
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long) in 
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. Floral bracts are longer (
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) in 
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with lateral lobes of the labellum erect, converging, terete, raised above the column bearing clavate tips facing each other against shorter floral bracts (
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) against subtriangular, erect, fleshy, lying parallel to each other with blunt slightly inflated apex. Triangular mid-lobule of the mid-lobe is same in size with that of subtriangular side lobules in 
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whereas the side lobules of mid-lobe more than three times longer than mid-lobule.
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Sectional delimitations have been attempted many times for this genus. 
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grouped them on the basis of presence (Section: 
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) and absence of stem (Section: 
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). 
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grouped them on the basis of very short stem, ensiform radical or subradical leaves (Section 
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), stem short or absent, leaves ensiform, sepal unequal, dorsal lanceolate, lateral very much large, orbicular (Section 
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); leaves radical, terete, fleshy (Section: 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C311FFDDFC3A73FCFBCABEA9" box="[988,1098,1974,1999]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="260">Myosurus</emphasis>
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); elongated stem with many equitant short leaves (Section: 
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). Schlechter (1911) and 
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considered the absence or presence of an articulation at the base of the leaves to be systematically important. Accordingly Schlechter (1911) recognized two subgenera 
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(leaves with joint) and 
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(leaves without joint). 
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grouped the species from mainland Asia into nine sections without giving any names, keeping four sections sunder subgenera 
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. However he considered these groupings artificial. Later unsatisfied by his own sections as well as preceding author’s classification, 
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did not assign any section to the species of 
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while revising the orchids of 
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. 
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grouped 
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species
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from 
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again into six sections without giving any names. Based on the distinct character of the labellum where side lobes are raised vertically above the column, the new species can be placed in the section 
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<emphasis id="B9726372C314FFD8FF6E75D6FF4CB8D3" box="[136,204,412,437]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="263">Scylla</emphasis>
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of 
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, section VII of 
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and section V of 
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.
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