Diploprora championii

Diploprora championii

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: Diploprora
Species: Diploprora championii

Name

Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 26 (1890).

• Type species
• Type locality: Hong Kong, Victoria Peak
• Holotype: Champion 277, K, K000891527; K000883992

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cottonia championii Lindl., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 35 (1855).
• Homotypic
  • Stauropsis championii (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 93 (1951).
• Heterotypic
  • Luisia bicaudata Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 302 (1861).
    • Type locality: Sri Lanka, Ambagamowa
    • Holotype: Thwaites 3494, K, K000891528
  • Vanda bicaudata (Thwaites) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 429 (1864).
  • Diploprora kusukusensis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 86 (1914).
  • Diploprora uraiensis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 87 (1914).
  • Diploprora bicaudata (Thwaites) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 281 (1919).
  • Stauropsis kusukusensis (Hayata) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 93 (1951).
  • Diploprora championii var. uraiensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 28: 36 (1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1890. The Flora of British India 6 (17): 26.

Additional references

• Nakajima, M. & Ohba, H. 2012. Illustrations of Japanese Orchids (日本ラン科植物図譜). ISBN 978-4829988206. Tōkyō : Bun'ichisōgōshuppan (東京 : 文一総合出版). Reference page: 285.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 177 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• EOL: Diploprora championii
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Diploprora championii. Accessed: 2023 Aug 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Diploprora championii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Diploprora championii. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Diploprora championii. Accessed: 25 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Diploprora championii. Published online. Accessed: 25 Aug 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Diploprora championii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Aug 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Champion's orchid
中文: 蛇舌兰, 倒吊蘭
中文（简体）: 蛇舌兰, 倒吊兰, 黄吊兰

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