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| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
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| genus = Cylindrolobus<br />
| species = gloensis<br />
| authority = (Ormerod & Agrawala) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen<br />
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'''''Cylindrolobus gloensis''''' is a [[critically endangered]] species of orchid found only in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref name="iucn">{{Cite report |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184546847/186805249 |title=Cylindrolobus gloensis: Nyorak, J. & Riniya, K.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T184546847A186805249 |last=IUCN |date=2021-12-02 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature |doi=10.2305/iucn.uk.2022-1.rlts.t184546847a186805249.en |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=D. K. Agrawala |last2=Paul Ormerod |date=2014-01-01 |title=A New Species of ＂Eria＂ (Orchidaceae) from India under the Section ＂Cylindrolobus＂ |url=https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/pdf/tai.2014.59.206.pdf |journal=Taiwania |language=en |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=206–209 |doi=10.6165/tai.2014.59.206}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cylindrolobus gloensis (Ormerod & Agrawala) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77179099-1 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
This species is an epiphyte found growing on barks and branches of trees. The stem is 24 cm long with 4 leaves and 0.25 cm thick at the base. The leaves are [[Ligule|lingulate]]-[[lanceolate]] and 10-12 cm long. The flowers are cream colored with soft short erect hairs. <br />
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This orchid can be differentiated from the similar looking ''[[Cylindrolobus arunachalensis]]'' by the single bicarinate callus on the labellum instead of two and two groups of hairs on [[Labellum (botany)|epichile]].<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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== Distribution ==<br />
This species of orchid was known only from a community forest in Kamlang Valley in [[Mishmi Hills]] of Arunachal Pradesh. The estimated known are of occupancy is 4 km<sup>2</sup>. As of 2021, there were no records beside the type locality of this species.<ref name="iucn" /> <br />
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== Ecology ==<br />
This orchid was found growing on trees inside a forest at 1220 meters elevation. The flowering season is March.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nyorak |first=Jumter |date=2023-04-30 |title=Orchid flora of Arunachal Pradesh (India) – A compilation |url=https://pleione.ehsst.org/journals/Pleione171/005%20Jumter%20Nyorak%20_%20Orchids%20of%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%20India.pdf |journal=Pleione |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=050–081 |doi=10.26679/Pleione.17.1.2023.050-081}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
This species is named of the locality Glo in Kamlang valley from where it was collected.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
D. K. Agrawala who described this species found an unidentified orchid specimen from India in Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium in [[Harvard University]]. It was originally collected by British botanist [[Frank Kingdon-Ward]] in 1949 from Mishmi hills. He along with Paul Ormerod described this new species as ''Eria gloensis''. Further studies in 2017 resulted in moving this species to the genus ''Cylindrolobus.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Yan Peng |last2=Schuiteman |first2=AndrÉ |last3=Pedersen |first3=Henrik Æ |last4=Petersen |first4=Gitte |last5=Watthana |first5=Santi |last6=Seberg |first6=Ole |last7=Pridgeon |first7=Alec M |last8=Cribb |first8=Phillip J |last9=Chase |first9=Mark W |date=2018-01-25 |title=Phylogenetics and systematics of Eria and related genera (Orchidaceae: Podochileae) |url=http://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/186/2/179/4825219 |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=186 |issue=2 |pages=179–201 |doi=10.1093/botlinnean/box088 |issn=0024-4074|url-access=subscription }}</ref> <br />
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== Conservation and threats ==<br />
This species is protected under [[CITES]], hence collecting and trading of this species is banned in India. There is no information on population trend of this species. The community forest where the species was discovered is threatened by shifting agriculture practices.<ref name="iucn" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Cylindrolobus|gloensis]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic flora of East Himalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic orchids of India]]<br />
[[Category:Critically endangered flora of Asia]]<br />
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