Robiquetia andamanica

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: Robiquetia
Species: Robiquetia andamanica

Name

Robiquetia andamanica (N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava) Kocyan & Schuit., Phytotaxa 161: 68 (2014).

• Type locality: India. Little Andaman Island, Hutbay, mangrove forests.
• Holotype: 28 August 1976, N. Bhargava 4189 A, CAL, CAL0000000511
• Isotype: 28 August 1976, N. Bhargava 4189 B-E, PBL. PBL0000000249, PBL0000000250, PBL0000000251, PBL0000000252.
• Paratype: India. South Andaman Island, Miletilak, inland forests, 20 July 1978. N.G. Nair 6975 A-D, PBL, 6975 E-F CAL.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Malleola andamanica N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 88: 317 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indo-China Andaman Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Balakrishnan, N.P. & Bhargava, N. 1979. Malleola andamanica Balakr. and Bhargava (Orchidaceae)—A new species from Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Biological Sciences 88(4): 317–319. Abstract.
• Kocyan, A. & Schuiteman, A. 2014. New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 161(1): 61–85. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.161.1.3 Reference page. 68.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Robiquetia andamanica. Accessed: 2022 Nov 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Robiquetia andamanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Robiquetia andamanica. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov 2022.