Check List 18(4): 829-837, doi: 10.15560/18.4.829
New distribution record of Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with notes on allied taxa, ecology, and conservation
expand article infoMa. Regina B. Altamirano‡, Maria Celia D. Malay‡, Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante§
‡ University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo, Philippines§ Philippine Taxonomic Initiative, Palawan, Philippines

Corresponding author: Ma. Regina B. Altamirano ( mbaltamirano@up.edu.ph )

Academic editor: M. Nazre
© Ma. Regina B. Altamirano, Maria Celia D. Malay, Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante.
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Citation: Altamirano MRB, Malay MCD, Bustamante RAA (2022) New distribution record of Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with notes on allied taxa, ecology, and conservation. Check List 18(4): 829-837. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.829
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Abstract

We report the occurrence of Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann on Panay Island in the Philippines. Our new records represent the easternmost distribution of this species, and also the first in the Malesian region. We present a full description, photographs, updated distribution map, and notes on allied taxa, ecology, and conservation status of this taxon. Our report highlights the importance of Panay Island in floristic studies of the Philippines.

Keywords
Habenaria digitata complex, range extension, terrestrial orchid