Luisia brachystachys

Luisia brachystachys

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: Luisia
Species: Luisia brachystachys

Name

Luisia brachystachys (Lindl.) Blume, Rumphia 4: 50 (1849).

• Type locality: India, Assam: Sylhet.
• Holotype: Wall. 1994, K, K000891542.
• Isotype: De Silva, F. 1994, K, K000873795

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Mesoclastes brachystachys Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 45 (1830).
• Heterotypic
  • Luisia indivisa King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 201 (1898).
    • Type locality: India, Sikkim: Doars, Mt. Anduson.
    • Holotype: March 1897, Anderson 470, K, K000891541.
    • Isotype: March 1897, Anderson 470, BM, BM000538799.
    • Isotype: March 1897, Anderson 470, P, MNHN-P-P00324092.

• • Luisia siamensis Rolfe ex Downie, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 384 (1925).
    • Type locality: Thailand: Me Sui, near Chiengmai, 457 m.
    • Holotype: 07/04/1912, Kerr 298, K, K000891534, K000891535.

Homonym

• Luisia brachystachys Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 64 (1849), nom. illeg. - vide: Luisia zollingeri Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 622 (1863).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central (South Yunnan). Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Western Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1849. Rumphia IV.

Additional references

• Downie, G.D. 1925. Contributions to the Flora of Siam. Additamentum XVI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1925(9): 367–394. DOI: 10.2307/4107477.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Luisia brachystachys. Accessed: 2022 Oct 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Luisia brachystachys in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Luisia brachystachys. 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 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Luisia brachystachys. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Luisia brachystachys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

中文: 小花钗子股
中文（简体）: 小花钗子股

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