Peristylus gracilis subsp. gracilis

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is Assam to Malesia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Assam, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Habenaria bambusetorum Kraenzl. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 1: 107 (1897)
Habenaria inconspicua Ridl. in J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4: 75 (1909), nom. illeg.
Habenaria zephyrica Ames in Orchidaceae 5: 16 (1915)

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Alappatt, J.P. (2015). Peristylus gracilis (Orchidaceae): an addition to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Rheedea 25: 36-38.
Averyanov, L. (2006). Rare species of orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Vietnam. Turczaninowia 9(3): 48-89.
Ormerod, P. (2013). Notes on selected west Malesian Peristylus Blume (Orchidaceae). Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 71-78.
Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

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- 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/
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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

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