Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria stenopetala Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 319 (1835)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Nansei-shoto and Philippines, W. New Guinea. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, I. (2010). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 2 subfamily Orchidoideae. Turczaninowia 13: 5-98.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • 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.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Schuiteman, A. & Wanma, J.F. (2017). New and noteworthy orchid species from the Arfak mountains, West Papua province, Indonesia. Malesian Orchid Journal 20: 75-90.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.
  • Vij, S.P., Verma, J. & Kumar, C.S. (2013). Orchids of Himachal Pradesh: 1-275. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Schuiteman, A. & Wanma, J.F. (2017). New and noteworthy orchid species from the Arfak mountains, West Papua province, Indonesia. Malesian Orchid Journal 20: 75-90.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 10, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [277] Thailand K000595786 Yes
Sep 27, 2000 Kerr, A.F.G. [277] Thailand K000364317 Type Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [514] Sri Lanka K000247412 Type Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [514] Sri Lanka K000247415 Type Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] K000873755 Type Yes
Walker, G.W. [124] Sri Lanka K000247413 Type Yes
Bailes, C. [948] Nepal K:SPC-50534.000 No
s.coll. [s.n] K000247414 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000595785 Yes
Jul 1, 1936 Mya, L.M. [3658] BU Habenaria mientienensis K000247489 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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