Papilionanthe teres

Papilionanthe teres

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Papilionanthe
Species: Papilionanthe teres

Name edit

Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr., Orchis 9: 78 (1915).

  • Type species:

Synonymy edit

  • Basionym
    • Dendrobium teres Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 485 (1832).
  • Homotypic
    • Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 217 (1833).
  • Heterotypic
    • Vanda teres var. candida Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1875(2): 225 (1875).
    • Papilionanthe teres f. candida (Rchb.f.) Christenson, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 63: 1375 (1994).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China South-Central.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal.
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

中文: 凤蝶兰
中文(简体): 凤蝶兰
中文(臺灣): 尖葉萬代蘭


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