Malaxis thwaitesii Bennet
First published in Indian J. Forest. 5: 326 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sri Lanka. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Sri Lanka
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Malaxis lancifolia (Thwaites) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Microstylis lancifolia Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 297 (1861)
- Seidenfia lancifolia (Thwaites) Szlach. in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 122 (1995)
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