Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum forrestii Seidenf.

First published in Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 120 (1973 publ. 1974)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to China (W. & S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2015). New orchids in the flora of Vietnam. Wulfenia 22: 137-188.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Wang, X. & al. (2018). New information of orchids in Tibet, China. Guihaia 38: 1140-1145.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2015). New orchids in the flora of Vietnam. Wulfenia 22: 137-188.
  • Wang, X. & al. (2018). New information of orchids in Tibet, China. Guihaia 38: 1140-1145.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 10, 1973 Forrest, G. [17970], Yunnan K000867021 syntype Yes
Luo Yi-bo [s.n.], China 62168.000 No
Forrest, G. [8130], Yunnan K000867022 syntype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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