Bulbophyllum tokioi is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan[1] (has been found in the north and central regions in or near Taipei, Hsinchu and Taichung).[3] It was described in 1935 by Noriaki Fukuyama.[2]
| Bulbophyllum tokioi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | B. tokioi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulbophyllum tokioi | |
Identification edit
B. tokioi has creeping rhizomes (0.5 mm diam.), lacking pseudobulbs. Its fleshy, sessile, glabrous leaves are minute (5–6 mm long by 3-4.5 mm wide), elliptic or elliptic-orbicular, acute or obtuse, some having tiny, membranaceous sheaths at base. It has axillary scapes (1–3 cm long) that are slender and erect, with a few sheaths close by its base. Bracts are elliptic and acute.[3]
B. tokioi has two palely yellowed flowers, sometimes having red spots or striations. Its three-nerved, dorsal sepals are membranaceous and hairless. One of these (2.5-3.8 mm long by 1–2 mm wide) is oblong, while other lateral ones (2.6–4 mm long by 1.5–2 mm wide) are obliquely triangular and elliptic. Its single-nerved petals (1.3-2.4 mm long by 0.6–1 mm wide) are oblong. Its lip is attached to the apex of its thin, un-hornlike column foot (2-2.4 mm long by 1 mm wide) is ovate-triangular and purple-tinged, with a rounded to obtuse apex, and a base decurrent into a long, entire, glabrous, membranaceous, three-nerved claw. The column (0.8–1 mm long), has stubby stylids at its apex, and its foot is 2 mm long. Its triangularly conic anther is white with an area of red, and its two pollinia are ovoid to ellipsoid.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Bulbophyllum tokioi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46637A11072806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46637A11072806.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Plant Name Details for Bulbophyllum tokioi". IPNI. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Bulbophyllum tokioi Fukuy". Flora of Taiwan. eFloras. Retrieved October 9, 2009.