Orchidaceae
Goodyera

Goodyera viridiflora (Blume) Lindl. ex D.Dietr.

First published in Syn. Plant. 5: 165 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to New Caledonia. It is a rhizomatous geophyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L. (2008). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 1 Subfamilies Apostasioideae, Cyprioedioideae and Spiranthoideae. Turczaninowia 11(1): 5-168.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Limboo, P. & Rai, P. (2024). Some noteworthy orchids from Sikkim, India. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 75: 25-34.
  • Ormerod, P. & Sathish Kumar, C. (2008). Orchidaceous additions to the flora of Myanmar 2. Rheedea 18: 75-80.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rao, A.N. (2011). A review of the subfamily Spiranthoideae Dressler (Orchidaceae) in Arunachal Pradesh. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 27: 1-33.
  • 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.
  • Wang, X. & al. (2018). New information of orchids in Tibet, China. Guihaia 38: 1440-1445.
  • Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2023v45a19. epublication.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  • Limboo, P. & Rai, P. (2024). Some noteworthy orchids from Sikkim, India. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 75: 25-34.
  • Ormerod, P. & Sathish Kumar, C. (2008). Orchidaceous additions to the flora of Myanmar 2. Rheedea 18: 75-80.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Wang, X. & al. (2018). New information of orchids in Tibet, China. Guihaia 38: 1440-1445.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 11, 1984 Griffith Bangladesh K000364603 Type Yes
Jan 11, 1984 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [344] Bangladesh K000364604 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wheatley, J. [40] Vanuatu K:SPC-53353.000 No
Cribb, P.J.; Wheatley, J.I. [19] Vanuatu K:SPC-53087.000 No
Lewis, B.A. [7] Solomon Islands K:SPC-56572.000 No
Lewis, B.; McDonagh [59] Vanuatu K:SPC-54919.000 No
Morrison, A. [1478] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-39749.000 No
Jan 11, 1984 Sri Lanka Georchis viridiflora K000364602 Type Yes
Feb 16, 2010 Winter, E.R.S. [s.n.] Georgia Epipactis viridiflora K:SPC-40139.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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