Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria diphylla (Nimmo) Dalzell

First published in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 262 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) and Philippines. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, West Himalaya

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.
  • Jalal, J.S. & Jayanthi, J. (2015). An annotated checklist of the orchids of western himalaya, India. Lankesteriana 15: 7-50.
  • Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
  • Kurzweil, H., Ormerod, P. & Sathish Kumar, C. (2023). The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in Myanmar. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 51: 98-156.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • 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

  • Jalal, J.S. & Jayanthi, J. (2015). An annotated checklist of the orchids of western himalaya, India. Lankesteriana 15: 7-50.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Dungboo [s.n] India K000247481 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Hooker, J.D. [42] India K000247480 Type Yes
Aug 20, 1927 s.coll. [s.n] India K000247479 Type Yes
Sasidharan, N. [KFRI 18302] India K:SPC-60768.000 No
Jan 10, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [194] Thailand Habenaria humistrata K000595821 Yes
Jan 10, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [194] Thailand Habenaria humistrata K000364326 Type Yes
Jan 10, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [350] Thailand Habenaria humistrata K000595822 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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