Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax meirax (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) King & Pantl.

First published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 114 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Andaman Islands, S. Myanmar to Thailand. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Myanmar, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Rokaya, M.B. & al. (2013). An annotated checklist of the orchids of Nepal. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 511-550.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.

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.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1976 Parish, C.S.P. [251] K001085612 Unknown type material Yes
Kerr, A.D. [954], Laos 31797.000 No

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