Orchidaceae
Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 294 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malesia to NE. Australia. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Liu, Z.J., Wang, J.Y., Gruss, O. & Siren, L. (2021). The Genus Phalaenopsis in World: 1-493. Higher Education Press.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • 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.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Bechtel, H., Cribb, P. & Launert, E. (1992). The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species. 3rd edition. Blandford Press, Poole.
  • Briggs, J. D. & Leigh, J. H. (1996). Rare or Threatened Australian Plants. 4th edition. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
  • Brummitt, R. K. & Powell, C. E. (1996). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Christenson, E. A. (2001). Phalaenopsis: a Monograph. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
  • Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1998). Three-language List of Botanical Name Components. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). Phalaenopsis amabilis. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
K:SPC-14243.000 No
Cuming [s.n.] Philippines K000395467 Type Yes
K:SPC-13741.000 No
K:SPC-22249.000 No
K:SPC-14241.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891355 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lamb, A. [AL120/83] Malaysia K:SPC-72711.000 No
Giles, C. [796] Malaysia K:SPC-37367.000 No
Lamb, A. [K64] K:SPC-48475.000 No
Philippines K:SPC-51513.000 No
K:SPC-22250.000 No
Burbidge, F.W.T. [s.n.] K000891352 Unknown Type Material Yes
[NGF.40851] K:SPC-32695.000 No
K:SPC-13742.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891354 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18409] Papua New Guinea K000891570 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-14240.000 No
K:SPC-13740.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891353 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P.; Moinsoa, A. [3624] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-45676.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891357 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forman, L.L. [338] K:SPC-29564.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891356 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-14242.000 No
s.coll. [1148] Borneo K000891358 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0