Calanthe masuca

Calanthe masuca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Collabieae
Genus: Calanthe
Species: Calanthe masuca

Name

Calanthe masuca (D.Don) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 249 (1833)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Bletia masuca D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 30 (1825)
• Homotypic
  • Alismorkis masuca (D.Don) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
  • Calanthe furcata f. masuca (D.Don) M.Hiroe, Orchid Flowers 2: 87 (1971)
• Heterotypic
  • Amblyglottis emarginata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 369 (1825)
  • Zoduba masuca Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 30 (1825), pro syn.
  • Calanthe emarginata (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 249 (1833)
  • Calanthe purpurea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 249 (1833)
  • Calanthe fulgens Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 10 (1855)
  • Calanthe wightii Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 932 (1864)
  • Calanthe textorii Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 204 (1866)
  • Calanthe masuca var. grandiflora B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 105 (1871)
  • Calanthe pleiochroma' Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1871: 938 (1871)
  • Calanthe versicolor Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: 42 (1871)
  • Calanthe textorii var. alba Maxim., Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 643 (1872)
  • Calanthe textorii var. violacea Maxim., Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 643 (1872)
  • Calanthe curtisii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 262 (1884)
  • Calanthe dipteryx Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 394 (1884)
  • Calanthe masuca var. fulgens (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 851 (1890)
  • Alismorkis emarginata (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
  • Alismorkis pleiochroma (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
  • Alismorkis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
  • Alismorkis textorii (Miq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
  • Calanthe masuca var. sinensis Rendle, J. Bot. 40: 310 (1902)
  • Calanthe violacea Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 29 (1913)
  • Calanthe longicalcarata Hayata ex Yamam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 20: 39 (1930)
  • Calanthe seikooensis Yamam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 3: 237 (1931)
  • Calanthe kintaroi Yamam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 6: 550 (1934)
  • Calanthe okinawensis f. albiflora Ida, J. Geobot. 16: 99 (1969)
  • Calanthe furcata f. albiflora (Ida) Hatus., Fl. Ryukyus: 862 (1971)
  • Calanthe furcata f. textorii (Miq.) M.Hiroe, Orchid Flowers 2: 88 (1971)
  • Calanthe masuca f. albiflora (Ida) K.Nakaj., Biol. Mag. 8: 77 (1971)
  • Calanthe textorii f. albiflora (Ida) Hatus., Fl. Ryukyus: 862 (1971)
  • Calanthe albolongicalcarata S.S.Ying, Bull. Exp. Forest Natl. Taiwan Univ. 114: 155 (1974)
  • Calanthe textorii var. longicalcarata (Hayata ex Yamam.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, Orchids S. Ryukyu Is.: 121 (1974)
  • Calanthe masuca var. purpurea (Lindl.) A.N.Rao & S.R.Rathore in S.K.Jain & A.Mehrotra, Prelim. Invent. Orchidac. India: 25 (1984)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Sulawesi, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1833. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 249.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calanthe masuca. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calanthe masuca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calanthe masuca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Calanthe masuca. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Calanthe masuca. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Calanthe masuca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2021.

Vernacular names

日本語: オナガエビネ
中文: 长距虾脊兰
中文（简体）: 长距虾脊兰, 长距根节兰

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