Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet
First published in Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 37: 1102 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Philippines. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Philippines
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana subvar. pulchra (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 31 (1891)
- Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana var. pulchra Rchb.f. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 36 (1875)
- Polychilos pulchra (Rchb.f.) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 26 (1982)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana var. purpurea Ames & Quisumb. in Philipp. J. Sci. 49: 494 (1932)
- Phalaenopsis pulchra f. alba O.Gruss in Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 2(6): 4 (2016)
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.
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