Phalaenopsis difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
First published in Phytotaxa 161: 67 (2014)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. China and W. Malesia. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Aerides difformis Wall. ex Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 242 (1833)
- Ornithochilus difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 277 (1919)
- Ornithochilus fuscus Wall. ex Heynh. in Alph. Aufz. Gew. 2: 457 (1846), nom. superfl.
- Sarcochilus difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 92 (1951)
- Trichoglottis diformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) T.B.Nguyen & D.H.Duong in T.B.Nguyen (ed.), Fl. Taynguyen. Enum.: 206 (1984), no basionym ref.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
- Liu, Z.J., Wang, J.Y., Gruss, O. & Siren, L. (2021). The Genus Phalaenopsis in World: 1-493. Higher Education Press.
- Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornithochilus difformis | 10380.000 | No | |||
| Ornithochilus difformis | 13763.000 | No | |||
| India | Ornithochilus difformis | 24999.000 | No | ||
| Omkoi, S.O. [5100], Thailand | Ornithochilus difformis | 25483.000 | No | ||
| Thailand | Ornithochilus difformis | 48146.000 | No | ||
| de Vogel, E. [9143], Malaysia | Ornithochilus difformis | 56789.000 | No | ||
| Ornithochilus difformis | 8390.000 | No |
Sources
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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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images