- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Spathoglottis Blume
Spathoglottis plicata Blume

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.
Introduced into:
Cayman Is., Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Nauru, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Windward Is.
- Bletia angustifolia Gaudich.
- Calanthe poilanei Gagnep.
- Paxtonia rosea Lindl.
- Phaius rumphii Blume
- Spathoglottis angustifolia (Gaudich.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Spathoglottis augustorum Rchb.f.
- Spathoglottis daenikeri Kraenzl.
- Spathoglottis deplanchei Rchb.f.
- Spathoglottis grandifolia Schltr.
- Spathoglottis lilacina Griff.
- Spathoglottis papuana var. puberiflora R.S.Rogers & C.T.White
- Spathoglottis plicata f. alba N.H.Tuan & O.Gruss
- Spathoglottis plicata var. alba Ridl.
- Spathoglottis rosea (Lindl.) G.Nicholson
- Spathoglottis spicata Lindl.
- Spathoglottis vieillardii Rchb.f.
- Spathoglottis wariana Schltr.
- English
- Boat Orchid
Spathoglottis plicata Blume appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 12, 2012 | Yahud, M. et al. [S.88234], Sarawak | K000718604 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2009 | Perumal [134343], Sabah | K000395557 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2009 | Perumal [134343], Sabah | K000395559 | No | ||
Jan 11, 2008 | Kerr, A.F.G. [0674], Thailand | K000597271 | No | ||
Jan 11, 2008 | Kerr, A.F.G. [0570], Thailand | K000597267 | No | ||
Jan 11, 2008 | Kerr, A.F.G. [048], Thailand | K000597268 | No | ||
Feb 25, 1981 | Deplanche, E. [1302], New Caledonia | K000829015 | Yes | ||
18344.000 | No | ||||
19196.000 | No | ||||
Indonesia | 19985.000 | No | |||
Senaratna, J.E. [314] | 19986.000 | No | |||
Senaratna, J.E. [313] | 19989.000 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [S.2884], Papua New Guinea | 25694.235 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [744], Papua New Guinea | 2700.006 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [2094], Solomon Is. | 28200.000 | No | |||
Dennis, G. [2356], Solomon Is. | 28406.000 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [2939], Solomon Is. | 28575.000 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [2265], Solomon Is. | 28621.000 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [2411], Solomon Is. | 28851.000 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [2410], Solomon Is. | 28885.000 | No | |||
Papua New Guinea | 39743.000 | No | |||
Papua New Guinea | 39744.000 | No | |||
Papua New Guinea | 40687.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P.J. [S 25], Solomon Is. | 41948.000 | No | |||
Reeve, T.M. [343], New Guinea | 43540.000 | No | |||
Dennis, G., Solomon Is. | 49629.000 | No | |||
Solomon Is. | 50764.000 | No | |||
Blewett, J.B.J. [14], Malaysia | 51179.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P.J. [s.n.], Solomon Is. | 53456.000 | No | |||
Wheatley, J. [162], Vanuatu | 53523.000 | No | |||
Slade, G.H. [3], Vanuatu | 54613.000 | No | |||
Milliken, W. [1428], Indonesia | 59713.000 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [427], Indonesia | 900.043 | No | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [048A], Thailand | K000597270 | No | |||
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 3743], Malaysia | K001119926 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [048A], Thailand | K000597269 | No | |||
Griffith, W. [5193] | K000829026 | Yes | |||
Griffith, W. [5193] | K000829025 | Yes | |||
Senaratna, J.E. [312] | Spathoglottis vieillardii | 19991.000 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2001 | Mayar, U.W. [320], Indonesia | Spathoglottis wariana | 71888.000 | No | |
Jan 1, 2001 | Mayar, U.W. [342], Indonesia | Spathoglottis wariana | 71906.000 | No | |
Jan 1, 2001 | Mayar, U.W. [341], Indonesia | Spathoglottis wariana | 71907.000 | No | |
New Guinea | Spathoglottis wariana | 19198.000 | No | ||
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18050] | Spathoglottis grandifolia | K000829022 | Yes | ||
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18050] | Spathoglottis grandifolia | K000829023 | Yes |
First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 401 (1825)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Ackerman, J.D. (2012). Orchids gone wild. Discovering naturalized orchids in Hawaii. Orchids; the Magazine of the American Orchid Society 81: 88-93.
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
- Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
- Kurzweil, H. (2008). A review of the genus Spathoglottis Blume (Orchidaceae) in Thailand. Rheedea 18: 63-74.
- Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
- Margonska, H.B. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2010). Orchidaceae of Tahiti, French Polynesia: 1-139. Gdansk University Press.
- Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
- 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. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008). The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197-215.
- Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
- 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.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
- Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
- Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
- Margonska, H.B. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2010). Orchidaceae of Tahiti, French Polynesia: 1-139. Gdansk University Press.
- Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008). The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197-215.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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