Ludisia discolor

Ludisia discolor

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Ludisia
Species: Ludisia discolor

Name

Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 7: 437 (1825).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 271 (1818).
• Homotypic
  • Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 2: 551 (1821).
  • Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 369 (1822).
  • Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 490 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Myoda rufescens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1834).
  • Dicrophyla elegans Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 39 (1838), nom. illeg.
  • Ludisia furetii Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114 (1859).
  • Ludisia odorata Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114 (1859).
  • Goodyera rubrovenia B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 106 (1862).
  • Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1868: 1038 (1868).
  • Anoectochilus ordianus K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 130 (1871), nom. subnud.
  • Goodyera ordiana B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 82 (1871).
  • Anoectochilus ordeanus Jennings, Orchids: t. 43 (1875).
  • Goodyera ordeana (Jennings) Boxall ex Náves in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, 4(13A): 248 (1880).
  • Goodyera rodigasciana L.Linden, Ill. Hort. 34: 175 (1886).
  • Haemaria otletae Rolfe, Ill. Hort. 38: 31 (1891).
  • Haemaria rubrovenia (B.S.Williams) Rchb.f. ex Berthold Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 274 (1891).
  • Haemaria discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 419 (1894).
  • Haemaria discolor var. denisoniana Kerch., Livre Orchid.: t. 6, f. 5 (1894).
  • Haemaria discolor var. ordeana (Jennings) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 419 (1894).
  • Haemaria discolor var. concolor Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 401 (1896).
  • Haemaria discolor var. rhodoneura Schltr., Orchis 7: 5 (1913).
  • Haemaria discolor var. trilineata Schltr., Orchis 7: 5 (1913).
  • Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselbr. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1426 (1915).
  • Haemaria pauciflora Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 349 (1933).
  • Haemaria discolor var. condorensis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 562 (1934).
  • Haemaria discolor var. grandis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 562 (1934).
  • Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 281 (1947).
  • Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 432 (1988).
  • Ludisia otletae (Rolfe) Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 432 (1988).
  • Ludisia discolor var. ordiana (B.S.Williams) J.M.H.Shaw, Orchid Rev. 117(1285, Suppl.): 85 (2009).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richard, A. 1825. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 7: 437.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 116 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ludisia discolor. Accessed: 2024 Jan 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ludisia discolor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ludisia discolor. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ludisia discolor. Accessed: 7 Jan 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ludisia discolor. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ludisia discolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Black Jewel Orchid
español: Orquídeas Joya
lietuvių: Paprastoji liudizija
ไทย: ว่านน้ำทอง
中文: 血葉蘭, 美國金線蓮, 血叶兰, 异色血叶兰
中文（简体）: 血叶兰, 异色血叶兰

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