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This species is accepted, and its native range is Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines (Palawan).

Native to:

Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jul 5, 2002 30360.000
Jul 5, 2002 Malaysia 37089.000
Lamb, A. [174/84] 48487.000
Grell, E. [s.n.], Malaysia 52749.000
Indonesia 53620.000
Lamb, A. [Temporary no. 6.], Sabah 72910.000

First published in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 115 (1860)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • 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.

Literature

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.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0