Orchidaceae
Chiloschista

Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

First published in Orch. Java: 553 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Indo-China. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 61: 319-354.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 61: 319-354.
  • Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cumberlege, P.F. [552a] Thailand K:SPC-26539.000 No
Thailand K:SPC-39730.000 No
Kerr, A.D. [1902] Laos K:SPC-31015.000 No
Parish, C.S.P. [55] K000894349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trudel, N. [1080] Thailand K:SPC-52247.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000894351 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000894348 Type Yes
Tessier-Yandell [16] K:SPC-32217.000 No
Trudel, N. [1075] K:SPC-52248.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000894350 Unknown Type Material Yes

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 2025. 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 2025. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images