Orchidaceae
Hetaeria

Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 410 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. India, Indo-China to Nansei-shoto and W. Pacific. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L. (2008). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 1 Subfamilies Apostasioideae, Cyprioedioideae and Spiranthoideae. Turczaninowia 11(1): 5-168.
  • 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.
  • Gurav, R.V., Nandikar, M. & Dangat, B.T. (2011). On the occurence of the jewel orchid Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume in Western Ghats of India. Richardiana 12: 39-46.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008). The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197-215.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
  • Kumar, P. & Gale, S.W. (2020). Additions to the orchid flora of Laos and taxonomic notes on orchids of the Indo-Burma region-II. Taiwania 65: 47-60.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008). The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197-215.
  • 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?
Oct 12, 2016 Mason, L.M. [2414] New Caledonia K:SPC-33249.000 No
May 9, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [0757] Thailand K000595998 Yes
May 9, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [0512] Thailand K000596001 Yes
Feb 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000596000 Yes
Feb 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [0935] Thailand K000595999 Yes
Vaupel, F. [657] Samoa K000942876 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [2109] Philippines K000942879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [2109] K000942878 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P. [6021] Solomon Islands K:SPC-53471.000 No
Cuming, H. [2109] Philippines K000942880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walter, C. [s.n.] Samoa K000942877 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-37513.000 No
Hunt, P.F. [2682] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28554.000 No
Ong, P.T. [FRI 58866] Malaysia K000718035 Yes
Helfer, J.W. [464] Hetaeria helferi K000387655 Type Yes
Malaysia Hetaeria nitida K:SPC-31845.000 No
Cheang, K.C. Malaysia Hetaeria nitida K:SPC-31689.000 No
Jun 7, 1927 Wight, R. [s.n] India Hetaeria ovalifolia K000387656 Type Yes
Jun 7, 1927 Wight, R. [s.n] India Hetaeria ovalifolia K000387657 Type Yes

Sources

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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 2024. 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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