Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax parviflora (D.Don) Ormerod & Kurzweil

First published in Phytotaxa 481: 215 (2021)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
  • 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.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1981 Kerr, A.F.G. [0328], Thailand Eria muscicola K000596846 No
Sri Lanka Eria muscicola 24887.000 No
Klaus, G., Sri Lanka Eria muscicola 32994.000 No
Sri Lanka Eria muscicola 40283.000 No
Gardner [853], India Eria muscicola K000357887 Unknown type material Yes
Pantling, R. [163], India Eria muscicola K000357888 Yes
Pantling, R. [163], India Eria muscicola K000357889 Yes
Thwaites [2355], India Eria muscicola K000357890 Yes
s.coll. [2017], Nepal Eria muscicola K000827400 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [0870], Thailand Eria muscicola K000596841 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand Eria muscicola K000596842 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [265], Thailand Eria muscicola K000596840 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2017], Nepal Dendrobium muscicola K001114904 Yes

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images