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  1. Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Paphiopedilum Pfitzer

      1. Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Borneo.

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    Distribution

    Borneo: Sarawak and western Kalimantan; 150–800 m altitude.

    General Description

    A terrestrial herb. Leaves 5–6, oblong-elliptic, obtuse and minutely tridentate at apex, 7–23 cm long, 2.7–5 cm wide, boldly tessellated dark and light green on upper surface. Inflorescence 1-flowered; peduncle to 50 cm long, purple, white-pubescent; bract lanceolate, acute, 20–30 mm long, 14 mm wide, pale brownish, pubescent. Flower 8–10 cm across; ovary 5 cm long, bright green, pubescent. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, 3–4 cm long, 2.3–2.9 cm wide, with reflexed basal margins, cream flushed bright green in centre. Synsepal elliptic, bidentate, 2–3 cm long, 1.4–1.6 cm wide, pale yellow. Petals deflexed, half twisted in middle, spathulate, subacute, 4–5.5 cm long, 1.5–2.2 cm wide, ciliate, pale green, heavily spotted brown in basal two-thirds, margins and apical third purple. Lip 3.8–4.2 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, brown, brown-warted on side lobes, ciliate on slightly reflexed apical margin. Staminode circular, apically excised, 10 mm long and wide; side-lobes at apex incurved-falcate. 2n = 28.

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    Distribution

    Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Apr 14, 2000 Low [s.n.], Borneo K000078096
    Borneo 19514.000
    Borneo 53962.000
    Collenette, S., Malaysia 46322.000
    Wie, L.K. [761021A], Borneo 46397.000
    Handoyo, A., Borneo 40858.000
    Powell, Borneo 50113.000
    Handoyo, H., Malaysia 50504.000

    First published in Orchid.-Buch: 470 (1892)

    Accepted by

    • Koopowitz, H. (2012). An updated, annotated checklist of the genus Paphiopedilum Orchid Digest 76: 178-215.
    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org
    • Reichenbach, H.G. Original description of Paphiopedilum hookerae. (1892).

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

    Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0