Orchidaceae
Lecanorchis

Lecanorchis virella T.Hashim.

First published in Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 8: 1 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Japan (NE. Kyushu, Yakushima), Nansei-shotō (Amami-ōshima), N. Taiwan. It is a holomycotrophic rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2009). Supplements to the Orchid flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 54: 82-87.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kuo, M.L. (ed.) (2012). Flora of Taiwan, ed. 2, Suppl.: 1-414. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, National Taiwan University.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Lecanorchis japonica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2009). Supplements to the Orchid flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 54: 82-87.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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