Anoectochilus elwesii (C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.) King & Pantl.

First published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 297 (1898)
This name is a synonym of Odontochilus elwesii

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Rao, A.N. (2011). A review of the subfamily Spiranthoideae Dressler (Orchidaceae) in Arunachal Pradesh. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 27: 1-33. [Cited as Odontochilus elwesii.]
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Odontochilus elwesii.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi. [Cited as Anoectochilus elwesii.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Anoectochilus elwesii.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Anoectochilus elwesii.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • 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/
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