Orchidaceae
Crepidium

Crepidium maximowiczianum (King & Pantl.) Szlach.

First published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 129 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sikkim to Assam (Maghalaya), N. Thailand. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nuammee, A. & al. (2016). Notes on Crepidium (Orchidaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 44: 35-44.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Malaxis maximowicziana.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Malaxis maximowicziana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Margonska, H.B. (2005 publ. 2006). Contributions to the taxonomic revision of the genus Crepidium (Orchidaceae-Malaxidinae): the new subsection Maximowiczianae (section Hololobus). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 62: 165-179.
  • Nuammee, A. & al. (2016). Notes on Crepidium (Orchidaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 44: 35-44.

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

  • 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 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