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

Heterotypic Synonyms

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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
  • 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