Orchidaceae
Pomatocalpa

Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 3: t. 15 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Hainan and Malesia. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2018). New and rare orchid species (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 49: 24-41.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Richthammer, H. (2013). Orchideen im Süden von Laos. Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg 64: 465-467.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. & Veldkamp, J.F. (1991). VIII. Van Breda's Genera et Species Orchidearum Fasc. IIII effectively published. Flora Malesiana Bulletin 10: 331-334.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • 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?
Oct 4, 2005 Kloss, C.B. [6582], Thailand K000942432 holotype Yes
Oct 4, 2005 s.coll. [13], Assam K000942440 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Carr, C.E. [K79], Malaysia 12126.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Cumberlege [752], Thailand 27404.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Cumberlege [800], Thailand 27639.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Thailand 27651.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Malaysia 31602.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Malaysia 31940.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Collenette, S. [2259] 42405.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Robinson, R. [K 260], Thailand 44913.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Podzorski, A. [MK 177], Philippines 48746.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 India 51253.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Wood, J.J., Malaysia 52943.000 No
Oct 1, 2003 Palawan Bot.Expdn. [147], Philippines 53932.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL1152/89], Sabah 72823.000 No
Ridley, H.N. [15226], Thailand Pomatocalpa setulense K000942435 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2023 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 2023 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