Orchidaceae
Acanthophippium

Acanthophippium pictum Fukuy.

First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 666 (1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nansei-shoto (Sakishima-gunt?) to Taiwan (Lan Yü). It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Nansei-shoto, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • C., S.W., Hsu, T.C., Hung, L.Y. & Yang, C.K. (2005). The genus of Acanthephippium Blume (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 50: 200-208.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Acanthephippium sylhetense.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Acanthephippium sylhetense.]
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Acanthephippium sylhetense.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • C., S.W., Hsu, T.C., Hung, L.Y. & Yang, C.K. (2005). The genus of Acanthephippium Blume (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 50: 200-208.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 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