Orchidaceae
Disperis

Disperis neilgherrensis Wight

First published in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1719 (1851)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Nansei-shotō, Jawa to Caroline Islands (Palau). It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Caroline Is., China Southeast, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kang, D.H. & al. (2019). Two new generic records in the orchid flora of Myanmar. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 49: 96-99.
  • Kurzweil, H. & Manning, J.C. (2005). A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae). Adansonia, III, 27: 155-207.
  • Kurzweil, H. (2005). Taxonomic Studies in the Genus Disperis (Orchidaceae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 50: 143-152.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kang, D.H. & al. (2019). Two new generic records in the orchid flora of Myanmar. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 49: 96-99.
  • Kurzweil, H. (2005). Taxonomic Studies in the Genus Disperis (Orchidaceae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 50: 143-152.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

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