Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. ex Wall.

First published in Numer. List: n.° 1981 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. (2010). Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) newly recorded to the flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 55: 1-7.
  • 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.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Mitra, S. & Mukherjee, S.K. (2010). Diversity of genus Bulbophyllum Thouars in West Bengal - A census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 224-234.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2025). http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26154.32968. epublication.
  • Mitra, S. & Mukherjee, S.K. (2010). Diversity of genus Bulbophyllum Thouars in West Bengal - A census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 224-234.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Chand, ,, T.R. [1770] India K000482142 No
Jan 1, 2005 Pantling, R. [289] India K000482145 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Grey-Wilson, C.; Phillips [91] Nepal K000482144 Yes
Jul 1, 1897 Pantling, R. [281] India K000482146 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1981] Nepal K001114843 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Elores], H.J. [s.n.] India K000482143 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1981] Nepal K001114842 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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