Orchidaceae
Crepidium

Crepidium taurinum (Rchb.f.) Szlach.

First published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 132 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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 taurina.]
  • 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 taurina.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 17, 2000 s.coll. [s.n.] New Caledonia K000942906 Type Yes
New Caledonia Malaxis taurina K:SPC-37668.000 No
Lewis, B.; Mcdonagh, J. [72] Vanuatu Malaxis taurina K:SPC-54940.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2692] New Caledonia Malaxis taurina K:SPC-33236.000 No
Mason, L.M. [234] New Caledonia Malaxis taurina K:SPC-37505.000 No
Chase [17843] Malaxis taurina K:SPC-72165.000 No
Wickison, S. [57] Solomon Islands Malaxis taurina K:SPC-50900.000 No

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 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

    • 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 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0