Orchidaceae
Agrostophyllum

Agrostophyllum laxum J.J.Sm.

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 279 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Thailand to W. Malesia. It is an epiphytic rhizomatous subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ong, P.T., O'Byrne, P., Saw, L.G. & Chung, R.C.K. (2017). Checklist of orchids of Peninsular Malaysia. Research pamphlet, Forest Research Institute, Federation of Malaya 136: 1-169.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Studies of Malesia Agrostophyllum Blume (Orchidaceae). Malesian Orchid Journal 20: 63-74.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ong, P.T., O'Byrne, P., Saw, L.G. & Chung, R.C.K. (2017). Checklist of orchids of Peninsular Malaysia. Research pamphlet, Forest Research Institute, Federation of Malaya 136: 1-169.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Studies of Malesia Agrostophyllum Blume (Orchidaceae). Malesian Orchid Journal 20: 63-74.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 9, 2014 Kerr, A.F.G. [0108], Thailand K000597113 No
Aug 9, 2014 Kerr, A.F.G. [0633], Thailand K000597111 No
Ong, P.T. et al. [FRI 67584], Malaysia K000718516 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0