Orchidaceae
Peristylus

Peristylus gracilis Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 404 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to Taiwan (Lan Yü) and Malesia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Alappatt, J.P. (2015). Peristylus gracilis (Orchidaceae): an addition to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Rheedea 25: 36-38.
  • Averyanov, L. (2006). Rare species of orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Vietnam. Turczaninowia 9(3): 48-89.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2009). Supplements to the Orchid flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 54: 82-87.
  • 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.
  • Kurzweil, H. (2010). Taxonomic studies in the genus Peristylus (Orchidaceae) in Thailand. Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 21-46.
  • Ormerod, P. (2013). Notes on selected west Malesian Peristylus Blume (Orchidaceae). Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 71-78.
  • 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.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.
  • Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Alappatt, J.P. (2015). Peristylus gracilis (Orchidaceae): an addition to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Rheedea 25: 36-38.
  • Averyanov, L. (2006). Rare species of orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Vietnam. Turczaninowia 9(3): 48-89.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2009). Supplements to the Orchid flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 54: 82-87.
  • Ormerod, P. (2013). Notes on selected west Malesian Peristylus Blume (Orchidaceae). Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 71-78.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 3, 2007 Kerr, A.F.G. [358] Thailand K000595780 Yes
Oct 3, 2007 Kerr, A.F.G. [358] Thailand K000595779 Yes
Nov 15, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000595781 Yes
Siedenfaden, G. [3002] Thailand K:SPC-18505.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K000827044 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0