Luisia zeylanica

Luisia zeylanica

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 zeylanica

Name

Luisia zeylanica Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 3 (1853).

• Type locality: Sri Lanka.
• Holotype: 1829, Macrae 50, K, K000873793

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Luisia platyglossa Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 622 (1863), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Luisia burmanica Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 3 (1853).
    • Type locality: Myanmar. "near Mergui".
    • Type locality: Griffith drawing no. 8, K.
  • Luisia truncata Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 491 (1932), illustration.
    • Type locality: India. Uttara Kannada (N. Kanara) Yellapur.
    • Holotype: T.R. Bell & E. Bell, BLAT(?).
  • Luisia indica Khuraijam & R.K.Roy, Biodivers. J. 6: 699 (2015).
    • Type locality: India. Bihar: West Champaran, Valmiki Tiger Reserve
    • Holotype: 13 March 2015. J.S. Khuraijam 101206, LWG.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Western Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1853. Folia orchidacea. 4: 3.

Additional references

• Wight, R. 1851–1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants. Vol. V. [5(1) 1851: pl. 1622–1762; 5(2) 1852: pl. 1763–1920.] BHL Reference page: Pl 1689, text.
• Santapau, H. & Kapadia, Z. 1962. Critical notes on the Orchidaceae of Bombay state X. Some of the smaller genera. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59(3): 827–842. BHL Reference page.  (as L. tertifolia).
• Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (eds.) 1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Vol. 2: 511 pp. Reference page: 210. (as L. teretifolia).
• Vij, S.P. & Verma, J. 2005. Luisia zeylanica Lindl.: a new record for Himachal Pradesh. Rheedea 15(2): 138–139. full text on Internet Archive.
• Khuraijam, J.S. & Roy, R.K. 2015. A new species of Luisia Gaud. (Orchidaceae) from northwestern Bihar, India. Biodiversity Journal. 6(3): 699–702. >>pdf!!
• Kumar, N.S. & Kumar, S. 2021. Taxonomic note on Luisia zeylanica (Orchidaceae) from Bonai Forest Division, Odisha, India. Richardiana 5: 142–147. Link.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Luisia zeylanica. Accessed: 2022 Oct 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Luisia zeylanica 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 zeylanica. 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 zeylanica. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Luisia zeylanica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

中文: 印缅钗子股

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