Calanthe griffithii Lindl.
First published in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 37 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India (N. Punjab) to Himalaya, SE. Tibet to N. Myanmar. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Alismorkis griffithii (Lindl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
- Calanthe plantaginea Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 368 (1851), sensu auct.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Calanthe anjanae Lucksom in Indian J. Forest. 16: 386 (1993 publ. 1994)
- Calanthe tangmaiensis K.Y.Lang & Tateishi in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 563 (1992)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Clayton, D. & Cribb, P. (2013). The Genus Calanthe: 1-411. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- Deb, C.R. & Imchen, T. (2008). Orchid Diversity of Nagaland: 1-288. SciChem Publishing House, Udaipur, India.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Clayton, D. & Cribb, P. (2013). The Genus Calanthe: 1-411. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- Deb, C.R. & Imchen, T. (2008). Orchid Diversity of Nagaland: 1-288. SciChem Publishing House, Udaipur, India.
- 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:
Sources
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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
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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