Phalaenopsis modesta J.J.Sm.
First published in Icon. Bogor.: t. 218 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Borneo. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Borneo
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Polychilos modesta (J.J.Sm.) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 25 (1982)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis modesta f. alba O.Gruss & Roeth in Orchidee (Hamburg) 60: 232 (2009)
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.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
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