Orchidaceae
Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis violacea H.Witte

First published in Ann. Hort. Bot. 4: 129 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Malaysia to Sumatera. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malaya, Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
13746.000 No
Malaysia 31605.000 No
Malaysia 31665.000 No
Alphonso, A.G., Malaysia 31994.000 No
Shim [SPS2] 72550.000 No
Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.], Malaysia K000480108 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images