Orchidaceae
Crepidium

Crepidium purpureum (Lindl.) Szlach.

First published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 131 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontionent to Central Nansei-shoto and Central Malesia. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • 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.

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 purpurea.]
  • 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 purpurea.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab048. epublication.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • 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?
Sep 29, 2004 Henry, A. [13131] China K000942819 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [0232] Thailand Malaxis rizalensis K000596142 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1940] Burma Microstylis biloba K001114784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1940] Nepal Microstylis biloba K001114783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1940] Nepal Microstylis biloba K001114782 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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