Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 65 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam (Nagaland) to S. China and N. Indo-China. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Doritis wilsonii (Rolfe) T.Yukawa & K.Kita in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 157 (2005)
- Kingidium wilsonii (Rolfe) O.Gruss & Roellke in Orchidee (Hamburg) 47: 149 (1996)
- Polychilos wilsonii (Rolfe) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 27 (1982)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis chuxiongensis F.Y.Liu in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 18: 411 (1996)
- Phalaenopsis minor F.Y.Liu in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 10: 119 (1988)
- Phalaenopsis wilsonii f. azurea Z.J.Liu & Z.Z.Ru in Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 318 (2006)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Dalström, S. & Ormerod, P. (2010). Green Phalaenopsis. Orchids; the Magazine of the American Orchid Society 79: 706-709.
- Dalström, S. (2006). It is not easy being green. Selbyana 27: 208-214.
- 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.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dalström, S. & Ormerod, P. (2010). Green Phalaenopsis. Orchids; the Magazine of the American Orchid Society 79: 706-709.
- Dalström, S. (2006). It is not easy being green. Selbyana 27: 208-214.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2002 | Luo Yi-bo, China | 62151.000 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1997 | Wilson, E.H. [4576], China | K000891371 | Yes | ||
| Wilson, E.H. [s.n.], Sichuan | K000891373 | Yes | |||
| Wilson, E.H. [4576], China | K000891370 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000891372 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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