- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Apostasia Blume
Apostasia wallichii R.Br.

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Apostasia alba Rolfe
- Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
- Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
- Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
- Apostasia nipponica Masam.
- Apostasia papuana Schltr.
- Apostasia stylidioides (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
- Apostasia wallichii subsp. nipponica (Masam.) Masam.
- Mesodactylis deflexa Wall.
- Mesodactylis wallichii (R.Br.) Endl.
- Neumayera stylidioides (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
- Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
Apostasia wallichii R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 2013 | James, S.A. [SAJ 0972], Papua New Guinea | K000342158 | No | ||
Dec 1, 1969 | Wallich, N. [4448], Nepal | K000077975 | lectotype | Yes | |
Dec 1, 1969 | Schlechter, F.R.R. [13871], Papua New Guinea | K000077982 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Dec 1, 1969 | Barber [s.n.], Sabah | K000077995 | lectotype | Yes | |
Dec 1, 1969 | Barber [s.n.], Sabah | K000077996 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Dec 1, 1969 | Motely, J. [95], Sabah | K000077997 | syntype | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1969 | Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.], Queensland | K000077983 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1969 | Nepal | K000363678 | isotype | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1969 | s.coll. [s.n.], Assam | K000363682 | Yes | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [0526], Thailand | K000595653 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [033], Thailand | K000595656 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [1274], Thailand | K000595657 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [0851], Thailand | K000595660 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [6851], Thailand | K000595664 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand | K000595662 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [033], Thailand | K000595663 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [3698], Thailand | K000595665 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.], Queensland | K000796352 | Yes | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand | K000595661 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [0621], Thailand | K000595654 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1969 | Kerr, A.F.G. [1274], Thailand | K000595655 | No | ||
Dockwill, A.W., Australia | 24812.000 | No | |||
Malaysia | 26490.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P.J. [529], Indonesia | 44978.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P.J., Australia | 47731.000 | No | |||
Lamb, A. [AL 803/87], Malaysia | 52139.000 | No | |||
Korthals [s.n.], Borneo | K000077981 | No | |||
Majawat et al. [132958], Sabah | K000395531 | No | |||
Jamirus, J. [JJ76], Sabah | K000395543 | No | |||
Gray, B. [08453], Australia | K000718503 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4448], Nepal | K001039033 | Yes | |||
James, S.A. [SAJ 0844], Papua New Guinea | K000342149 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4448], Nepal | K001039032 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Ong, P.T. [FRI 71066], Peninsular Malaysia | K000342058 | No |
First published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 75 (1830)
Accepted by
- Averyanov, L. (2008). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 1 Subfamilies Apostasioideae, Cyprioedioideae and Spiranthoideae Turczaninowia 11(1): 5-168.
- 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.
- Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
- Kocyan, A. (2010). Apostasioideae - The least known Orchid subfamily Malesian Orchid Journal 5: 125-138.
- Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
- Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
- Sumathi, R., Karthigeyan, K. & Jayanthi, J. (2013). New records of orchids from Sadle Peak national park (North Andaman) Andaman & Nicobar islands Indian Journal of Forestry 36: 135-138.
- Teck, O.P. (2013). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia - Apostasioideae Malesian Orchid Journal 12: 93-116.
- Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Not accepted by
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. [Cited as Apostasia nipponica.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
- Sumathi, R., Karthigeyan, K. & Jayanthi, J. (2013). New records of orchids from Sadle Peak national park (North Andaman) Andaman & Nicobar islands Indian Journal of Forestry 36: 135-138.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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