Orchidaceae
Pleione

Pleione praecox (Sm.) D.Don

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 37 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan). It is a pseudobulbous geophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Huda, M.K. (2007). An updated enumeration of the family Orchidaceae from Bangladesh. The Journal of the Orchid Society of India 21: 35-49.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Huda, M.K. (2007). An updated enumeration of the family Orchidaceae from Bangladesh. The Journal of the Orchid Society of India 21: 35-49.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 27, 1959 Griffith, W. [1017] Indian Subcontinent K000079229 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-23220.000 No
K:SPC-21661.000 No
K:SPC-19462.000 No
India K:SPC-23919.000 No
K:SPC-17536.000 No
Butterfield, I. [5159] Thailand K:SPC-78538.000 No
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K000079226 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brough, M. K:SPC-25508.000 No
K:SPC-19461.000 No
India K:SPC-17533.000 No
Thailand K:SPC-36664.000 No
K:SPC-45416.000 No
K:SPC-23221.000 No
Rushforth, K. [946] Bhutan K:SPC-50202.000 No
Hooker, J.D. [73] India K000079224 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [73] India K000079225 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1965] Nepal Coelogyne praecox K001114820 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1965] Nepal Coelogyne praecox K001114819 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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