Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus:
Didymoplexis Griff.

Didymoplexis micradenia (Rchb.f.) Hemsl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is SW. Thailand, Central Vietnam, Malesia to Taiwan and W. Pacific.

Native to:

Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Didymoplexis micradenia (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lewis, B. [156], Vanuatu 54923.000 No
Wheatley, J.I. [778], Vanuatu 54981.000 No
Seemann, B.C. [610], Fiji K000942690 Yes
[Simmond, J.H.] [s.n.], Fiji K000942691 Yes
Cribb, P.J. [3], Vanuatu Didymoplexis minor 53089.000 No
Whistler, A. [9330], Samoa Didymoplexis minor 56985.000 No

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 311 (1883)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2007). Didymoplexis micradenia: a newly recorded orchid (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan Taiwania 52: 360-364.
  • Kuo, M.L. (ed.) (2012). Flora of Taiwan, ed. 2, Suppl.: 1-414. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, National Taiwan University.
  • O'Bryne, P. (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia - A revision of Robiquetia (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) Malesian Orchid Journal 24: 5-38.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Phueakkhlai, O., Bunpha, K. & Tetsana, N. (2014). Didymoplexis micradenia and Gastrodia theana (Orchidaceae), new records for Thailand Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 42: 71-74.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

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.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2007). Didymoplexis micradenia: a newly recorded orchid (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan Taiwania 52: 360-364.
  • O'Bryne, P. (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia - A revision of Robiquetia (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) Malesian Orchid Journal 24: 5-38.
  • Phueakkhlai, O., Bunpha, K. & Tetsana, N. (2014). Didymoplexis micradenia and Gastrodia theana (Orchidaceae), new records for Thailand Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 42: 71-74.

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