Orchidaceae
Arachnis

Arachnis clarkei (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

First published in Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 76 (1913 publ. 1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to China (SW. Yunnan), Hainan. It is a climbing epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

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 Esmeralda clarkei.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Esmeralda clarkei.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L. (2006). Rare species of orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Vietnam. Turczaninowia 9(3): 48-89.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1973 s.coll. [s.n.] India Esmeralda clarkei K000891498 Type Yes
United Kingdom Esmeralda clarkei K:SPC-14319.000 No
Clarke, C.B. [25232] India Esmeralda clarkei K000891499 Type Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [22718] Burma Esmeralda clarkei K:SPC-13610.000 No
Clarke, C.B. [25232] India Esmeralda clarkei K000891500 Unknown Type Material Yes

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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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