Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax pusilla (Griff.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to S. China and Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Raskoti, B.B. & Ale, R. (2019). New species of orchids and notes on Orchidaceae of Nepal. Phytotaxa 394: 257-266.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Griffith, W. [s.n.], Meghalaya Conchidium pusillum K000960003 Yes
Griffith, W. [666], Meghalaya Conchidium pusillum K000960004 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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