Orchidaceae
Chiloschista

Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Myanmar. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Thailand

Native to:

East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • 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.
  • Tanaka, N., Yukawa, T., Myo Htwe, K, Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2011). New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (7): Fourteen additional species of Orchidaceae. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 161-165.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Tanaka, N., Yukawa, T., Myo Htwe, K, Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2011). New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (7): Fourteen additional species of Orchidaceae. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 161-165.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nepal 10247.000 No
Sukhakul, P. [14], Thailand 39408.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7330], Nepal K001127184 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 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 2023. 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