Aerides odorata

Aerides odorata

Taxonavigation

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: Aerides
Sectio: Aerides sect. Aerides
Species: Aerides odorata

Name

Aerides odorata Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 525 (1790).

• Type species

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Epidendrum odoratum (Lour.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 385 (1810).
  • Aeridium odorum Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 295 (1820), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum aerides Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 265 (1797).
  • Limodorum latifolium Thunb. ex Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 234 (1800).
  • Aerides latifolia (Thunb. ex Sw.) Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 89 (1806).
  • Aerides cornuta Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 472 (1832).
  • Orxera cornuta (Roxb.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 37 (1838).
  • Aerides virens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 41 (1843).
  • Aerides suaveolens Blume, Rumphia 4: 53 (1849), nom. superfl.
  • Aerides suaveolens var. virens (Lindl.) Blume, Rumphia 4: 53 (1849).
  • Aerides suavissima Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 264 (1849).
  • Aerides flavida Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 101 (1851).
  • Aerides reichenbachii Linden, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 61 (1858).
  • Aerides odorata var. major Ortgies, Gartenflora 8: 321 (1859), plate 273.
  • Aerides jucunda Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 281 (1860).
  • Aerides nobilis B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 40 (1862).
  • Polytoma odorifera Lour. ex B.A.Gomes, Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 30 (1868).
  • Aerides virens var. ellisii B.S.Williams, Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 836 (1874).
  • Aerides reichenbachii var. cochinchinensis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 14: 620 (1880).
  • Aerides rohaniana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 21: 206 (1884).
  • Aerides ballantiniana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 198 (1885).
  • Aerides odorata var. demidovii Linden, Lindenia 1: t. 14 (1885).
  • Aerides wilsoniana auct., Gard. Chron. 23: 705 (1885).
  • Aerides odorata var. birmanica Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 2: 272 (1887).
  • Aerides odorata var. ballantiniana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 78 (1891).
  • Aerides micholitzii Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 12: 181 (1904), nom. nud.
  • Aerides odorata var. eburnea Cogn., Chron. Orchid. 2(1): 2 (1904).
  • Aerides odorata var. annamensis Costantin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 23: 55 (1917).
  • Aerides dayana Guillaumin in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 466 (1933).
  • Aerides odorata subvar. immaculata Guillaumin in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 466 (1934).
  • Aerides odorata var. pallida Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 34: 411 (1962).
  • Aerides odorata var. micholitzii (Rolfe) Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 34: 411 (1962).
  • Aerides odorata f. immaculata (Guillaumin) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 32 (2007).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Asia-Tropical  Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J.de 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 525.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 133 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aerides odorata. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aerides odorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Aerides odorata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aerides odorata. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Aerides odorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: أريدي عطري
বাংলা: অ্যারিডেস ওডোরাটা
español: La Aerides fragante
Bahasa Indonesia: Anggrek lilin
日本語: エリデス・オドラツム
മലയാളം: ഐറിഡെസ് ഒഡൊറാറ
ไทย: กุหลาบกระเป๋าปิด
Tiếng Việt: Quế lan hương
中文: 香花指甲兰
中文（简体）: 香花指甲兰

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