Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe

First published in Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a pseudobulbous lithophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Karthigeyan, K. & al. (2014). A review of the Orchid diversity of Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Richardiana 15: 9-85.
  • 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.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2018). Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar I: Nine taxa of monocots newly recorded from Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 44: 31-39.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department. [Cited as Porpax meirax.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Karthigeyan, K. & al. (2014). A review of the Orchid diversity of Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Richardiana 15: 9-85.
  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2018). Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar I: Nine taxa of monocots newly recorded from Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 44: 31-39.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1978 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand K000597131 No
Dec 1, 1976 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand K000597132 No
Cumberlege [1229], Thailand 27463.000 No
9765.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000913737 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] K000913736 Unknown type material Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] K000913738 Unknown type material Yes
Strickland, C. [s.n.] K000913739 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