Orchidaceae
Crepidium

Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach.

First published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 123 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Philippines. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Vij, S.P., Verma, J. & Kumar, C.S. (2013). Orchids of Himachal Pradesh: 1-275. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Malaxis acuminata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Malaxis acuminata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • 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?
May 15, 2000 s.coll. [s.n] India K000387666 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 Parish, C.S.P. [147] BU K000387668 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 s.coll. [s.n] India K000387662 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 Wallich, N. [1938] India K000387663 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 Wallich, N. [1938] India K000387665 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 s.coll. [s.n] India K000387664 Type Yes
May 15, 2000 Royle, J.F. [1940] Nepal K000387667 Type Yes
May 11, 2000 Hu, S.Y. [12451] Hong Kong K000942822 Holotype Yes
Wallich [1940] Nepal K000873802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [1940] Nepal K000873801 Type Yes
India Malaxis wallichii K:SPC-60131.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1938] Microstylis wallichii K001114780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1938] Nepal Microstylis wallichii K001114779 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 15, 2002 Dorji, Y.; Pearce, N.; Cribb, P. [99] Bhutan Malaxis acuminata K:SPC-62639.000 No
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [437] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596177 Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [0321] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596174 Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [(100)] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596180 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [0872] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596173 Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [100] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596179 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [100] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596178 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [445] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596176 Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [445] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596175 Yes
Malaxis acuminata K:SPC-24106.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [100] Thailand Malaxis acuminata K000596181 Yes
Malaxis acuminata K:SPC-21123.000 No
Luning Nepal Malaxis acuminata K:SPC-28282.000 No
Hu, S.Y. [12451] Hong Kong Malaxis acuminata K001222378 Yes
Malaxis acuminata K:SPC-24107.000 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 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