Phalaenopsis lowii Rchb.f.
First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Myanmar to W. Thailand. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Myanmar, Thailand
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Doritis lowii (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 157 (2005)
- Polychilos lowii (Rchb.f.) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 24 (1982)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis lowii f. alba O.Gruss in Orchidee (Hamburg) 52: 581 (2001), not validly publ.
- Phalaenopsis proboscidioides C.S.P.Parish ex Rchb.f. in Xenia Orchid. 2: 139 (1868), not validly publ.
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.
- Liu, Z.J., Wang, J.Y., Gruss, O. & Siren, L. (2021). The Genus Phalaenopsis in World: 1-493. Higher Education Press.
- Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
- Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Liu, Z.J., Wang, J.Y., Gruss, O. & Siren, L. (2021). The Genus Phalaenopsis in World: 1-493. Higher Education Press.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cribb, P. [s.n.] | 76176.000 | No |
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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0