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It is most similar to 
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in morphology, but it differs from the latter by its often-branched stems (vs. unbranched stems), slightly fleshy strap-shaped leaves 5-7 cm long (vs. thinly leathery oblong leaves 2-4 cm long), longer inflorescences with 3-6 flowers (vs. shorter inflorescences with 2-3 flowers) and its capitate gynandrium with a lip-shaped mouth opening (vs. conical gynandrium with a triangular mouth opening). It also resembles 
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and 
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and morphological comparison amongst the four species is visualised in Fig. 
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and summarised in Table 
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<paragraph id="D651361047CBFEEB36828538169FE983" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52D663C4D398460B529348AB645EB187" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
<emphasis id="771FFF72AAF8FDF56833ABF23B68B86F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Epiphytic</emphasis>
on tree trunks. 
<emphasis id="DC09D64FD6DFFF4662E97B8DEBB6D79E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Roots</emphasis>
vermiform and slender. 
<emphasis id="29DF90FA4E7871422FBC0C2E6BB96519" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Stems</emphasis>
ascending or pendulous especially when in flowering, 4-8 cm long, ca. 1.5 mm thick, often branched, internodes 5-8 mm apart. 
<emphasis id="E50E115220E3DB1732B283639D6F8FFD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Leaves</emphasis>
green, dichotomously alternate, slightly fleshy, strap-shaped, 5-7 
<normalizedToken id="6DEDB650D532831A95C874CD7E2708DB" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-1 cm, apex acute and bifid with two unequally mucronate tips. 
<emphasis id="CE6999285B0D15FBF068F318AB421580" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Inflorescence</emphasis>
arising from basal stem laterally or opposite to leaves, usually pendulous, 6-12 cm long; rachis slightly flexuous and slightly thickened distally, 4-6 cm long, laxly 3-6 flowered; bracts spirally arranged, obliquely patent, ca. 3 mm long, broadly ovate-triangular, apex acute. 
<emphasis id="73D3C56B297139932D432BC1C2654D0D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Flowers</emphasis>
initially white and later turning creamy yellow, blossoming almost simultaneously; dorsal and lateral sepals similar, elliptic, 5-7 
<normalizedToken id="A8D4DF727718E39D009806F8CFE4BBB5" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.5-4.5 mm, apex obtuse, with obscure 3 veins; petals narrowly elliptic, smaller than sepals, 4.5-6 
<normalizedToken id="D152D217BA4004990A27A12B8C6F0B2B" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-3 mm, apex obtuse, with obscure 1 or 2 veins; labellum small, three-lobed, base shallowly saccate; lateral lobes erect, triangularly oblong, ca. 2.5 mm, apex rounded or 
<normalizedToken id="868ABE449093E6D917C105B70D8BF84F" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
notched, inner surface with many purplish-red stripes; mid-lobe fleshy, reddish-brown, very small, apex ended with triangular teeth; disc concave, inside base densely covered with red purple or golden yellow hairs; gynandrium capitate, with a lip-shaped mouth opening; ca. 2.5 mm high; column foot ca. 1.2 mm, with one joint at the junction with the labellum; pollinia 4 grouped into two nearly similar masses, ca. 0.8 
<normalizedToken id="1A2814B599768EB4A8B7A9D06E2E5C6E" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.7 mm, yellow, full and obovately spherical. 
<emphasis id="818F7BADFB169860AB0D1F2FC9780A5E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Fruits</emphasis>
unseen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7F8702321845261D3CFB2C45F3911C89" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E9499CD9349A2E3B217AB21F38FF416A" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA9B3388018814FE7030D763D0733CFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="A43C433E78DE7602E8C64FD361515488" authorityName="Jun Y. Zhang, H. He &amp; Yue H. Cheng" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Thrixspermum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Thrixspermum taeniophyllum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="taeniophyllum">
<emphasis id="1DCDB901AB72F9D8F21C88BDBC506454" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Thrixspermum taeniophyllum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, southwest China. It is epiphytic on trees in coniferous and broadleaf mixed forest at an elevational range between 1260 and 1770 m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B2B032EB8304AF8EC1F9BEFEA10F2BDF" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="44772B9C562701E6241AFBEBF426C0E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EA224DFC08F2E2D0BCA841E557A04D9F" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Flowering in March and April.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="229CCE330C71379472CF582BF03ADA9A" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="896B709A43722FB1D92359F94AF55CDC" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E57EB51EC5A7FD53D8FA7C465BC85B82" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
The specific epithet 
<emphasis id="201893975464C3BB9083D08443CC7527" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">taeniophyllum</emphasis>
is a compound adjective referring to the shape of leaves of this new species. A Chinese name, dai ye bai dian lan (带叶白点兰), is also suggested, based on the its leaf feature.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B4CBB8BD15005920D9190C2478798788" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="9EAFC59DEA03F5A75291D2DBBED13C32" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="623DADA6F1B0AD72DFABFFFA2E8A855B" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
<materialsCitation id="39B6092BFA83E9AF33970FC6AF686997" collectingDate="2023-05-01" collectorName="Zhang, Yue-Hong Cheng" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" elevation="1769" location="Wolong Town" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">
<collectingCountry id="11343D483793621AC4408FAE2F55342A" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion id="B2919BA32B9AF46940350D03ECA53FF3" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty id="560AB6C31757A4EE730740A2403CDF00">Wenchuan County</collectingCounty>
, 
<location id="5FE4ED0F294F3239F0D4C3E0F129AB9E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:EECE991C23A65D43BDF84A9F83D6740F:5FE4ED0F294F3239F0D4C3E0F129AB9E" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" name="Wolong Town" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">Wolong Town</location>
, evergreen broad-leaved forest, on tree trunks, elev. ca. 
<quantity id="31F119CFDC4B4CA6F44E2A38B8A22454" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.769" unit="m" value="1769.0">
<elevation id="532A47312C33B2522B0AA66021C60F10" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.769" unit="m" value="1769.0">1769 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, in flower, 
<collectingDate id="4D48ED9E30D5F69856EAD7C328760205" value="2023-05-01">1 May 2023</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis id="9673F1C145909FF336CFF1491AA0262B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Jun-Yi 
<collectorName id="87CB1E9970941AE1FC3C4E737456C139">Zhang</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="76AD2E54B24AE942BE76B1CD5489AC77">Yue-Hong Cheng</collectorName>
ZJY189
</emphasis>
(CDBI!)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="14474808405BEC4B34BF7FCC234B73FA" collectingDate="2023-05-02" collectorName="Zhang, Yue-Hong Cheng" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" elevation="1508" location="Gengda Town" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">
<collectingRegion id="D167D9CEF4BED12461E8F0B21FEBCE20" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty id="4DAED507F49537A8CE50D83050F376A4">Wenchuan County</collectingCounty>
, 
<location id="BE46518D7BCEA7409AD5F31E3B7E4341" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:EECE991C23A65D43BDF84A9F83D6740F:BE46518D7BCEA7409AD5F31E3B7E4341" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" name="Gengda Town" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">Gengda Town</location>
, evergreen broad-leaved forest, on tree trunks, elev. ca. 
<quantity id="8327D8E2D93C97E55B524F7D0CDBAB78" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.508" unit="m" value="1508.0">
<elevation id="028B20E2E61EDE71CA1FA68FE36996FD" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.508" unit="m" value="1508.0">1508 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, in flower, 
<collectingDate id="B2EC42AA89046989DFAE8CB3675E8ADC" value="2023-05-02">2 May 2023</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis id="3B39210914051AF389B6E4324DD6BA0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Jun-Yi 
<collectorName id="59E8663076D55A7236C8ED2DE9CB8369">Zhang</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="7ABB6E7641CD7DE8E03FE42D1958B8CE">Yue-Hong Cheng</collectorName>
ZJY191
</emphasis>
(CDBI!)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="EC81373A7AC8460250F66A0EF14CA8BD" collectingDate="2023-05-02" collectorName="Zhang, Yue-Hong Cheng" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" elevation="1520" location="Gengda Town" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">
<collectingRegion id="0E05E9F37CE42FEBC32CB59A8E7E5435" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty id="F253C501A22AE5CBE7536B34D0667A32">Wenchuan County</collectingCounty>
, 
<location id="FC02C18165829B2B5155BDCC77E272BC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:EECE991C23A65D43BDF84A9F83D6740F:FC02C18165829B2B5155BDCC77E272BC" country="China" county="Wenchuan County" name="Gengda Town" stateProvince="Sichuan Province">Gengda Town</location>
, evergreen broad-leaved forest, on tree trunks, elev. ca. 
<quantity id="F84632374628195DBB700A9DAE49BB5A" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" unit="m" value="1520.0">
<elevation id="1EEC9556F1AC80D7628FC354EDA798F3" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" unit="m" value="1520.0">1520 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, in flower, 
<collectingDate id="6A32E8B9AA3CD00B0E5B6B60A34FA35D" value="2023-05-02">2 May 2023</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis id="3E20BA03921E8C004DC10C378317CEE2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Jun-Yi 
<collectorName id="DCD411CEF90C99E2ECAD1EFCA20E964A">Zhang</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="B0891FCAAD5CB21DDC738D7431D70B15">Yue-Hong Cheng</collectorName>
ZJY192
</emphasis>
(CDBI!)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C9EE41861119FF3BDE0427FD62B58E05" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="examined specimens of thrixspermum japonicum">
<paragraph id="60A226A8B86716AB075D006496FD20B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Examined specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="4AD7D5560210D9908E106B7DBBA77413" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Thrixspermum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Thrixspermum japonicum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="japonicum">Thrixspermum japonicum</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8C7F440AF412530AE2F3E0AE9CF58353" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Japan. 
<emphasis id="A946D0C81D29C476C06C01ACDE9E78DC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">P. F. V. Siebold, s.n.</emphasis>
(holotype L; It is not clear whether duplicates exist); China. Sichuan, Emeishan, elev. ca. 990 m, 12 July 1980, 
<emphasis id="E423A7861CF882AD69260A3D9296C450" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">K. Y. Lang, B. C. Gao et al. 044</emphasis>
(PE); Baoxing, elev. ca. 1800 m, 2 April 1983, 
<emphasis id="9F98721D55558EEA1383D82DF35045AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">D. Y. Peng 47469</emphasis>
(CDBI!); Beichuan, elev. ca. 1640 m, 1 August 1984, 
<emphasis id="663AD5DDA9E538A18BD2AA6CEE600CDB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">C. L. Tang et al. 284</emphasis>
(CDBI!). Chongqing: Nanchuan, elev. ca. 900 m, 2 November 1983, 
<emphasis id="63FCD44A0D0F66CEEBB7DFEB92A26EE6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Z. Y. Liu 4669</emphasis>
(IMC); Nanchuan, elev. ca. 850 m, 30 May 1984, 
<emphasis id="59507E768963EB7DFD436B6269E74F3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Z. Y. Liu 5219</emphasis>
(PE).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9B8CFB2161F5439169B79C354648EC53" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="examined specimens of thrixspermum saruwatarii">
<paragraph id="F94501EFF962B0DC0B44E31334778EC6" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Examined specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="C476186EAC717121984EC6F055AD52B5" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Thrixspermum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Thrixspermum saruwatarii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="saruwatarii">Thrixspermum saruwatarii</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4E372088F9299971A423BE05DE7310E2" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
China. Taiwan, Alishan, 8 April 1916, 
<emphasis id="A1599851F727440B05CDD5F49FA3BAA4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">B. Hayata, s.n.</emphasis>
(holotype TI); Kaohsiung, 20 October 1934, 
<emphasis id="67C1CED5FED54083390B31008B2FB24A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">S. Sasaki, s.n.</emphasis>
(TAI). Yunnan, Gongshan, elev. ca. 1702 m, 20 May 2007, 
<emphasis id="58E53F96A3CF18888A0DFB4B3A176E1D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">X. H. Jin 9001</emphasis>
(PE). Hunan, Ningyuan, elev. ca. 340 m, 8 May 2011, 
<emphasis id="E5C04E0844F9D3D6D263E657551F25DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">X. L. Yu 11050801</emphasis>
(CSFI). Guangdong, Dapu, elev. ca. 700 m, 9 June 1957, 
<emphasis id="8CA3757B9D6CBBE7D1D20ABD2F2C6BBD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">L. Deng 4953</emphasis>
(IBSC).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="465A81B1EA17C9C051C47E55AEE6BF24" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" type="examined specimens of thrixspermum pygmaeum">
<paragraph id="170E7B500D8D42BF1A619A24CEB5BAC3" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
Examined specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="F089759210A8F5B1D7A051940379F0C8" authorityName="Holttum" authorityYear="1960" baseAuthorityName="King &amp; Pantl." class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Thrixspermum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Thrixspermum pygmaeum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="145" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pygmaeum">Thrixspermum pygmaeum</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD34472F6C09FE8D550D9D1B4B1E82FE" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">
China. Taiwan, Taipingshan, 3 April 1940, 
<emphasis id="C42654A3401D1A4954A19B79B4465BCC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">Y. Kobayashi, s.n.</emphasis>
(TI); Taitung, 22 March 1932, 
<emphasis id="9F08943439D903E675C4D47BFB8C5AC8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">S. Sasaki, s.n.</emphasis>
(TAI); Miaoli, 13 November 1972, 
<emphasis id="8C31795EE1F507BAFDD9DC56B0EE6D36" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">C. C. Hsu 12600</emphasis>
(TAI); Ilan, 10 March 2013, 
<emphasis id="E4F3F0D588650E70CAC076678DEF8A28" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="145">C. C. Hsu, s.n.</emphasis>
(TAI).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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