Orchidaceae
Cryptostylis

Cryptostylis arachnites (Blume) Hassk.

First published in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 48 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to SW. Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Fiji, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Sumathi, R., Karthigeyan, K. & Jayanthi, J. (2013). New records of orchids from Sadle Peak national park (North Andaman) Andaman & Nicobar islands. Indian Journal of Forestry 36: 135-138.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Sumathi, R., Karthigeyan, K. & Jayanthi, J. (2013). New records of orchids from Sadle Peak national park (North Andaman) Andaman & Nicobar islands. Indian Journal of Forestry 36: 135-138.
  • 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?
Feb 1, 2011 Ubaldus, M.; Postar, M. [SAN 149565] Malaysia K000718142 Yes
Lamb, A. [AL41/83] Malaysia K:SPC-72930.000 No
Wood, J.J. [845] Malaysia K:SPC-53274.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1735] K:SPC-07184.000 No
Hunt, P.F. [2969] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28772.000 No
Cribb, P.J. [40] Malaysia K:SPC-39356.000 No
Laudereau, C.; Laudereau, P.-L. [49] New Caledonia K001611700 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000942555 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cumberlege [1332] Thailand K:SPC-27257.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL 449/85] Malaysia K:SPC-49345.000 No
Dennis, G. [2355] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28420.000 No
Coode, M. [5518 auth C.] Philippines K:SPC-51070.000 No
Lewis, G.P. [164] Malaysia K:SPC-43246.000 No
Mitchell, R. [3] Solomon Islands K:SPC-50835.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [082] Thailand K000595971 Yes
Lobb, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000942556 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [19546] Papua New Guinea K000942552 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hunt, P.F. [2503] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28907.000 No
Walker [s.n] Sri Lanka K000387541 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [0555] Thailand K000595972 Yes
Wickison, S. [28] Solomon Islands K:SPC-50853.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images