Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria rodgeri W.W.Sm. & S.C.Banerji

First published in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 34 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & Central Myanmar. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Myanmar

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.
  • Kurzweil, H., Ormerod, P. & Sathish Kumar, C. (2023). The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in Myanmar. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 51: 98-156.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Ormerod, P. (2012). Orchidaceous additions to the flora of China and Myanmar. Taiwania 57: 117-126. [Cited as Habenaria rhodocheila.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

Other Data

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Sources

  • 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