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Vanda longitepala, a new species of orchid from northern Burma is described and discussed.
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Phillip Cribb, Jeffrey Wood and two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their comments, as are Judi Stone for preparing the line drawing and Katherine Challis for kindly checking the Latin diagnosis.
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Roberts, D.L., Gardiner, L.M. & Motes, M. Vanda longitepala (Orchidaceae): a new species from Burma. Kew Bull 63, 495–497 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9049-3
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