Orchidaceae
Agrostophyllum

Agrostophyllum planicaule (Wall. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.

First published in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 909 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah). It is an epiphytic rhizomatous subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2018). New and rare orchid species (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 49: 24-41.
  • 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.
  • Liu, Q. & al. (2012). Agrostophyllum planicaule, a new record of Orchidaceae from Yunnan, China. Plant Science Journal 30: 299-300.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Teck, O.P. (2013). Three new records of Orchidaceae for the flora of peninsular Malaysia. Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 63-69.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Huda, M.K. (2007). An updated enumeration of the family Orchidaceae from Bangladesh. The Journal of the Orchid Society of India 21: 35-49.
  • Liu, Q. & al. (2012). Agrostophyllum planicaule, a new record of Orchidaceae from Yunnan, China. Plant Science Journal 30: 299-300.
  • Teck, O.P. (2013). Three new records of Orchidaceae for the flora of peninsular Malaysia. Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 63-69.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1988 Kerr, A.F.G. [0859] Thailand K000597108 Yes
K:SPC-00580.000 No
K:SPC-06134.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [0858] Thailand K000597109 Yes
K:SPC-09721.000 No
K:SPC-00579.000 No
Thailand Agrostophyllum khasianum K:SPC-57853.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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