Phalaenopsis difformis var. difformis
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Himalaya to S. China and W. Malesia. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ornithochilus delavayi Finet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 496 (1896)
- Ornithochilus doritoides (Guillaumin) R.Rice in Photo Intro Vandoid Orchid Gen. Asia: 156 (2018)
- Ornithochilus eublepharon Hance in J. Bot. 22: 364 (1884)
- Ornithochilus fuscus Wall. ex Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 242 (1833), not validly publ.
- Vanda doritoides Guillaumin in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 334 (1930)
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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