Listera taiwaniana S. S. Ying
Plants 7.5-20 cm tall. Stems pale green, ridged, with 1-2 tubular sheaths near base, 5-13 cm long below leaves. Leaves orbicular-ovate, 0.9-2.6 cm long, 0.7-2.4 cm wide, acute or obtuse at apex,rounded-truncate or cordate at base, mainly 3-nerved. Raceme 1-2.5 cm long, 2-3-flowered, peduncle and rachis puberulous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; pedicel and ovary 5-15 mm long. Flowers not widely spreading, greenish; dorsal sepal linear-oblanceolate or lanceolate, 6.3-9 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; lateral sepals oblique-ovate or falcate, 6.5-9 mm long, 1-2-3 mm wide; petals oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 6.5-8.2 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide; lip elongate-obtriangular or obovate, 8-12 mm long, 4-8 mm wide, apex emarginate or cordate-emarginate, entire or slightly denticulate, base narrowed, shallowly saccate, with nectary groove; column 3.5-5 mm long, with enlarged top and short stalk, clinandrium wall serrate; anther ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm long.
MIAOLI: Tapachienshan, Lin 365; Yang s. n. 2 Jul 1976. TAICHUNG: Nanhuchuanku, Su 7190; Wang et al. 3777. NANTOU: Maboulaseshan, Ying 2732; shimenshan, Su 9590; Hu 221; North Hohuanshan, Hu 201. PINGTUNG: Wootoushan, Yang 23196. ILAN: Nanhutashan, Su 1172*, 8322.
Endemic, coniferous forests and Rhododendron scrub, 2,500-3,800 m.