Erythrorchis altissima

Erythrorchis altissima fig. 44

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Vanilleae
Genus: Erythrorchis
Species: Erythrorchis altissima

Name

Erythrorchis altissima (Blume) Blume, Rumphia 1: 200 (1837).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cyrtosia altissima Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 396 (1825).
• Homotypic
  • Haematorchis altissima (Blume) Blume, Rumphia 4: t. 200 B (1849).
  • Galeola altissima (Blume) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 77 (1865).
• Heterotypic
  • Galeola ochobiensis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 87 (1916).
  • Erythrorchis ochobiensis (Hayata) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 234 (1986).
  • Vanilla taiwaniana S.S.Ying, Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 20: 55 (1987).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China Hainan. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical  Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya. Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1837. Rumphia 1: 200, pl. 70.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 311 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Erythrorchis altissima. Accessed: 2023 Jun 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Erythrorchis altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Erythrorchis altissima. 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 Jun 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 634377-1. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Erythrorchis altissima. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023 634377-1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Erythrorchis altissima. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Erythrorchis altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023.

Vernacular names

中文: 蔓莖山珊瑚
中文（简体）: 倒吊兰, 高山珊瑚, 蔓茎山珊瑚

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