- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
Calanthe R.Br.

[FTEA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- Large or medium-sized terrestrial or rarely epiphytic herbs
- Vegetative Multiplication Pseudobulbs
- Pseudobulbs ovoid, conical or cylindrical, leafy and often obscure, 1–several-noded
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves plicate, petiolate, ± jointed, deciduous or persistent, often very large
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences basal, erect, racemose, laxly to densely few–many-flowered, ± pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers often showy and large
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals subsimilar
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals mostly smaller
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip mostly 3-lobed, rarely entire, fused at base to column, spurred at base; callus often verrucose or cristate at base of lip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column short, fleshy; pollinia 8, clavate; viscidium elliptic or lanceolate; rostellum bifid.
[FZ]
Orchidaceae, I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995
- Morphology General Habit
- Large or medium-sized terrestrial herb; pseudobulbs leafy and often obscure, with 1 to several nodes.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves deciduous or persistent, petiolate, plicate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence erect, racemose, few to many-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually large and showy; tepals spreading; lip fused to the column at base, usually 3-lobed, spurred, often with a warty callus at the base.
[FZ]
Orchidaceae, I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995
- Morphology General Habit
- Terrestrial (rarely epiphytic) herb with fibrous roots, sometimes with pseudobulbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves arising from a pseudobulb or spaced along the stem, petiolate, plicate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 1- to few-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals and petals free, subequal; lip erect, entire or 3-lobed, spurred or saccate, with longitudinal ridges on the upper surface.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column long, clavate; anther operculate, incumbent, 2-celled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollinia
- Pollinia 8 in 2 groups of 4 with caudicles but no viscidia.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma near apex of column.
[FTEA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- Terrestrial or rarely epiphytic herbs, with crowded internodes at base sometimes swelling to form a pseudobulb; roots fibrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves several, either arising from pseudobulb or spaced along an erect stem; petioles long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate-oblong, acute or acuminate, plicate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Flower-scape basal or lateral, usually erect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence racemose, terminal, 1- to few-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually large, often conspicuously coloured
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Sepals free, subequal, spreading; petals similar, narrower
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip erect, concave or cucullate, entire or ± 3-lobed, side lobes embracing column, base often adnate to column, spurred or saccate, longitudinally ridged on upper surface
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column elongate, clavate, 2-angled at apex, arms absent, foot sometimes present; anther operculate, incumbent, distinctly 2-celled, often hairy; pollinia 8 in 2 groups of 4, obovate-oblong, laterally compressed, caudiculate; viscidium absent; stigma near apex of column, occasionally with small appendages; rostellum present or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ellipsoid.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico
- Calanthe abbreviata (Blume) Lindl.
- Calanthe aceras Schltr.
- Calanthe alba W.Suarez & Cootes
- Calanthe × albolilacina J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe albolutea Ridl.
- Calanthe alismifolia Lindl.
- Calanthe alleizettei Gagnep.
- Calanthe alpina Hook.f. ex Lindl.
- Calanthe alta Rchb.f.
- Calanthe angustifolia (Blume) Lindl.
- Calanthe aquamarina Schuit. & de Vogel
- Calanthe arcuata Rolfe
- Calanthe arfakana J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe argenteostriata C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng
- Calanthe arisanensis Hayata
- Calanthe aristulifera Rchb.f.
- Calanthe aruank P.Royen
- Calanthe aurantiaca Ridl.
- Calanthe aureiflora J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe balansae Finet
- Calanthe baliensis J.J.Wood & J.B.Comber
- Calanthe beamanii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe beleensis Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe bicalcarata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe biloba Lindl.
- Calanthe bingtaoi J.W.Zhai, L.J.Chen & Z.J.Liu
- Calanthe bivalvis P.J.Cribb & Ormerod
- Calanthe brassii Ormerod
- Calanthe brevicornu Lindl.
- Calanthe burkei P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe calanthoides (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Hamer & Garay
- Calanthe camptoceras Schltr.
- Calanthe cardioglossa Schltr.
- Calanthe carrii Govaerts
- Calanthe caulescens J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe caulodes J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe ceciliae Rchb.f.
- Calanthe celebica Rolfe
- Calanthe chevalieri Gagnep.
- Calanthe chloroleuca Lindl.
- Calanthe chrysoglossoides J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe clavata Lindl.
- Calanthe clavicalcar J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe claytonii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe coiloglossa Schltr.
- Calanthe conspicua Lindl.
- Calanthe coodei P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe cootesii Naive
- Calanthe cremeoviridis J.J.Wood
- Calanthe crenulata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe crispifolia Ormerod
- Calanthe cruciata Schltr.
- Calanthe crumenata Ridl.
- Calanthe crystallina P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe curvatoascendens Gilli
- Calanthe davaensis Ames
- Calanthe davidii Franch.
- Calanthe daymanensis Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe delavayi Finet
- Calanthe densiflora Lindl.
- Calanthe devogelii P.J.Cribb & D.A.Clayton
- Calanthe discolor Lindl.
- Calanthe dolichopoda Fukuy.
- Calanthe × dominyi Lindl.
- Calanthe dulongensis H.Li, R.Li & Z.L.Dao
- Calanthe duyana Aver.
- Calanthe ecallosa J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe ecarinata Rolfe ex Hemsl.
- Calanthe emeishanica K.Y.Lang & Z.H.Tsi
- Calanthe engleriana Kraenzl.
- Calanthe epiphytica Carr
- Calanthe fargesii Finet
- Calanthe finisterrae Schltr.
- Calanthe fissa L.O.Williams
- Calanthe flava (Blume) C.Morren
- Calanthe floresana P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe forbesii Ridl.
- Calanthe formosana Rolfe
- Calanthe fragrans P.Royen
- Calanthe fugongensis X.H.Jin & S.C.Chen
- Calanthe geelvinkensis J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe gibbsiae Rolfe
- Calanthe goodenoughiana Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe graciliflora Hayata
- Calanthe graciliscapa Schltr.
- Calanthe grandiflora Nadeaud
- Calanthe griffithii Lindl.
- Calanthe habbemensis Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe halconensis Ames
- Calanthe hancockii Rolfe
- Calanthe hattorii Schltr.
- Calanthe henryi Rolfe
- Calanthe herbacea Lindl.
- Calanthe himalaicum Raskoti
- Calanthe hirsuta Seidenf.
- Calanthe hololeuca Rchb.f.
- Calanthe hoshii S.Kobay.
- Calanthe × hsinchuensis Y.I Lee
- Calanthe hyacinthina Schltr.
- Calanthe imthurnii Kores
- Calanthe inflata Schltr.
- Calanthe insularis S.H.Oh, H.J.Suh & C.W.Park
- Calanthe izu-insularis (Satomi) Ohwi & Satomi
- Calanthe johorensis Holttum
- Calanthe judithiae P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe jusnerii Boxall ex Náves
- Calanthe kaniensis Schltr.
- Calanthe kemulensis J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe kermodei Ormerod & Kurzweil
- Calanthe keshabii Lucksom
- Calanthe kinabaluensis Rolfe
- Calanthe kooshunensis Fukuy.
- Calanthe labrosa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Calanthe lacerata Ames
- Calanthe lambii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe lamellosa Rolfe
- Calanthe lancilabris Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe lechangensis Z.H.Tsi & Tang
- Calanthe leonidii P.J.Cribb & D.A.Clayton
- Calanthe leucosceptrum Schltr.
- Calanthe leuseri P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe ligo P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe limprichtii Schltr.
- Calanthe longgangensis Y.S.Huang & Yan Liu
- Calanthe longibracteata Ridl.
- Calanthe longifolia Schltr.
- Calanthe longipes Hook.f.
- Calanthe lyroglossa Rchb.f.
- Calanthe madagascariensis Rolfe ex Hook.f.
- Calanthe mannii Hook.f.
- Calanthe maquilingensis Ames
- Calanthe masuca (D.Don) Lindl.
- Calanthe maxii P.O'Byrne
- Calanthe mcgregorii Ames
- Calanthe metoensis Z.H.Tsi & K.Y.Lang
- Calanthe micrantha Schltr.
- Calanthe microglossa Ridl.
- Calanthe millikenii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe millotae Ursch & Genoud ex Bosser
- Calanthe mindorensis Ames
- Calanthe moluccensis J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe monophylla Ridl.
- Calanthe musa-amanii J.J.Wood
- Calanthe nankunensis Z.H.Tsi
- Calanthe nguyenthinhii Aver.
- Calanthe nicolae P.O'Byrne
- Calanthe nipponica Makino
- Calanthe nivalis Boxall ex Náves
- Calanthe obreniformis J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe odora Griff.
- Calanthe okinawensis Hayata
- Calanthe oreadum Rendle
- Calanthe otuhanica C.L.Chan & T.J.Barkman
- Calanthe ovalifolia Ridl.
- Calanthe ovata Ridl.
- Calanthe parvilabris Schltr.
- Calanthe pauciverrucosa J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe pavairiensis Ormerod
- Calanthe perrottetii A.Rich.
- Calanthe petelotiana Gagnep.
- Calanthe plantaginea Lindl.
- Calanthe poiformis P.J.Cribb & Ormerod
- Calanthe polyantha Gilli
- Calanthe × porphyrea Rchb.f.
- Calanthe puberula Lindl.
- Calanthe pulchra (Blume) Lindl.
- Calanthe pullei J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe punctata Kurzweil
- Calanthe reflexilabris J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe rhodochila Schltr.
- Calanthe rigida Carr
- Calanthe rosea (Lindl.) Benth.
- Calanthe rubens Ridl.
- Calanthe rubra S.H.Oh, H.J.Suh & C.W.Park
- Calanthe ruttenii J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe saccata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe sacculata Schltr.
- Calanthe salaccensis J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe sandsii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe scaposa Z.H.Tsi & K.Y.Lang
- Calanthe secunda P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe seranica J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe siargaoensis M.Leon, Naive & Cootes
- Calanthe × sibuyanense Cootes & G.Tiong
- Calanthe sieboldopsis B.Y.Yang & Bo Li
- Calanthe simplex Seidenf.
- Calanthe sinica Z.H.Tsi
- Calanthe solomonensis P.J.Cribb & D.A.Clayton
- Calanthe spathoglottoides Schltr.
- Calanthe speciosa (Blume) Lindl.
- Calanthe stella P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe striata R.Br. ex Spreng.
- Calanthe × subhamata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe succedanea Gagnep.
- Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.
- Calanthe taenioides J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe tahitensis Nadeaud
- Calanthe taibaishanensis M.Guo, J.W.Zhai & L.J.Chen
- Calanthe takeoi Hayata
- Calanthe takeuchii Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe tenuis Ames & C.Schweinf.
- Calanthe torricellensis Schltr.
- Calanthe transiens J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe tricarinata Lindl.
- Calanthe trifida Tang & F.T.Wang
- Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames
- Calanthe trulliformis King & Pantl.
- Calanthe truncata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe truncicola Schltr.
- Calanthe tsiana Y.Q.Chen, J.W.Zhai & S.R.Lan
- Calanthe tsoongiana Tang & F.T.Wang
- Calanthe uncata Lindl.
- Calanthe undulata J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe unifolia Ridl.
- Calanthe × varians J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe velutina Ridl.
- Calanthe ventilabrum Rchb.f.
- Calanthe versteegii J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl.
- Calanthe villosa J.J.Sm.
- Calanthe wenshanensis J.W.Zhai, L.J.Chen & Z.J.Liu
- Calanthe whistleri P.J.Cribb & D.A.Clayton
- Calanthe whiteana King & Pantl.
- Calanthe womersleyi P.J.Cribb & Ormerod
- Calanthe woodii P.J.Cribb
- Calanthe wuxiensis H.P.Deng & F.Q.Yu
- Calanthe yaoshanensis Z.X.Ren & H.Wang
- Calanthe yueana Tang & F.T.Wang
- Calanthe yuksomnensis Lucksom
- Calanthe zollingeri Rchb.f.
- Alismorchis Thouars
- Alismorkis Thouars
- Amblyglottis Blume
- Aulostylis Schltr.
- Calanthidium Pfitzer
- Centrosia A.Rich.
- Centrosis Sw. ex Thouars
- Cephalantheropsis Guillaumin
- Cyanorkis Thouars
- Gastorkis Thouars
- Gastrorchis Schltr.
- Ghiesbreghtia A.Rich. & Galeotti
- Hecabe Raf.
- Limatodis Blume
- Pachyne Salisb.
- Paracalanthe Kudô
- Paraphaius J.W.Zhai & F.W.Xing
- Pesomeria Lindl.
- Phaius Lour.
- Phajus Hassk.
- Preptanthe Rchb.f.
- Styloglossum Breda
- Tankervillia Link
- Zeduba Ham. ex Meisn.
- Zoduba Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Calanthe R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Apr 1, 2001 | Johns, R.J. [10328], Indonesia | 72528.000 | No | ||
Williamson, G. [863], Zambia | 34437.000 | No | |||
Milliken, W. [1424], Indonesia | 60023.000 | No | |||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | K001132583 | Yes | |||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | K001132582 | Yes | |||
Cheek, M. [5372], Cameroon | 77436.000 | No | |||
Aug 28, 2015 | HNK [838], Vietnam | Cephalantheropsis | K000341993 | No | |
Lecoufle, New Caledonia | Phaius | 36142.000 | No | ||
Madagascar | Phaius | 47090.000 | No | ||
Du Puy, D.J. [M712], Madagascar | Phaius | 72587.000 | No |
First published in Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821)
Accepted by
- Clayton, D. & Cribb, P. (2013). The Genus Calanthe: 1-411. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- 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.
- Kurzweil, H. (2010). A precursory study of the Calanthe group (Orchidaceae) in Thailand Adansonia, III, 32: 57-107.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One) Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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