Orchidaceae
Pomatocalpa

Pomatocalpa diffusum Breda

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 4: t. 16 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Myanmar, Peninsula Thailand to Malesia. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • Watthana, S. (2006). The Pomatocalpa maculosum complex (Orchidaceae) resolved by multivariate morphometric analysis. Taiwania 51: 1-10.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Pomatocalpa latifolium.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Julius, A. et al. [FRI 56283], Peninsular Malaysia K000718472 No
Cuming, H. [s.n.], Philippines Cleisostoma latifolium K000334621 No
Mar 1, 2012 Yong, R. [40], Sarawak Pomatocalpa latifolium K000718578 No
Malaysia Pomatocalpa latifolium 31520.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL1151/89], Malaysia Pomatocalpa latifolium 55333.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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