Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f.
First published in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 115 (1860), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines (Palawan). It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Polychilos sumatrana (Korth. & Rchb.f.) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 26 (1982)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis acutifolia Linden in Lindenia 2: 11 (1886), nom. nud.
- Phalaenopsis corningiana var. flava Fowlie in Orchid Digest 46: 140 (1982)
- Phalaenopsis paucivittata (Rchb.f.) Fowlie in Orchid Digest 49: 51 (1985)
- Phalaenopsis sumatrana subvar. paucivittata (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 40 (1891)
- Phalaenopsis sumatrana var. paucivittata Rchb.f. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 17: 628 (1882)
- Phalaenopsis sumatrana f. paucivittata (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff in Orchid. Atlas: 333 (2007)
- Phalaenopsis zebrina Witte in Ann. Hort. Bot. 4: 145 (1860)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
- Comber, J.B. (2001). Orchids of Sumatra: 1-1026. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
- Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Wolff, M. & Gruss, O. (2007). Orchideen Atlas: 1-468. Eugen Ulmer KG.
- 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
- Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
- Comber, J.B. (2001). Orchids of Sumatra: 1-1026. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
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