Orchidaceae
Cyrtosia

Cyrtosia lindleyana Hook.f. & Thomson

First published in J.D.Hooker, Ill. Himal. Pl.: t. 22 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Central China, N. Sumatera. It is a holomycotrophic rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sumatera, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Galeola lindleyana.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Galeola lindleyana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. (2011). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey. Part 3. Subfamily Epidendroideae (primitive tribes - Neottieae, Vanilleae, Gastrodieae, Nervilieae). Turczaninowia 14(2): 15-100.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 15, 2002 Dorji, Y.; Pearce, N.; Cribb, P. [82] Bhutan Galeola lindleyana K:SPC-62637.000 No
Nov 14, 2002 Dorji, Y.; Pearce, N.; Cribb, P. [3] Bhutan Galeola lindleyana K:SPC-70288.000 No
Hooker, J.D. [s.n] India Galeola lindleyana K000387592 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; J.J [357] India Galeola lindleyana K000387590 Type Yes
[s.n] India Galeola lindleyana K000387591 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n] India Galeola lindleyana K000387589 Type Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n] India Galeola lindleyana K000387588 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 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