Micropera pallida

Micropera pallida

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: Micropera
Species: Micropera pallida

Name

Micropera pallida (Roxb.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Aerides pallida Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 475 (1832).
    • Type locality: NE India: Chittagong.
    • Holotype: Icones Roxburghianae 2349, K.
• Homotypic
  • Camarotis pallida (Roxb.) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 37 (1858).
• Heterotypic
  • Camarotis apiculata Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 39 (1857).
    • Type locality: Indonesia. Java, Paradana.
    • Holotype: 06-June 1843, Zollinger 1359. W, Reichenbach-Herbarium No. 48556.
  • Dendrocolla apiculata (Rchb.f.) Zoll. ex Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 39 (1857).
  • Sarcochilus roxburghii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 36 (1890).
  • Sarcanthus apiculatus (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 598 (1905).
  • Micropera apiculata (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 186 (1972).
  • Saccolabium saxicola Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 374 (1893).
    • Type locality: Malaysia, Johor, Kota Glanggi.
    • Holotype: K?
  • Sarcanthus thorelii Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 331 (1930).
    • Type locality: Chochinchine.
    • Holotype: Thorel 159, P.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India. Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Guillaumin, A. 1930. Espèces et localités nouvelles d'Orchidées-Vandées d'Indo-Chine. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 77(3): 326–340. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1930.10833732 Reference page: 331.
• Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1894. The Flora of British India Vol. 6. Orchideae to Cyperaceae. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page. 36.
• Lindley, J. 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London 18: t. 1522.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 210 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. fil. 1857. Orchideae Zollingerianae itineris primi recensentur. Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 34–43. BHL Reference page. 39.
• Ridley, H.N. 1893. On the Flora of the Eastern Coast of the Malay Peninsula. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London: Botany 3(9): 267–408. BHL Reference page: 374.
• Smith, J.J. 1905. Die Orchideen von Java. (Flore de Buitenzorg Vol. 6). Leiden, E. J. Brill. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.86938. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Comber, J.B. 2001. Orchids of Sumatra. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1842460277. Reference page: 898.
• Gogoi, K., Gogoi, A. & Shyam, M.P. 2022. A Checklist of orchids of Chala Reserve Forest, Charaideo district (Assam, India). Richardiana 6: 146–161. Link. Reference page. 
• Seidenfaden, G. 1988. Orchid genera in Thailand 14. Fifty-nine vandoid Genera. Opera Botanica 95: 1–398. Reference page: 120–124.

Links

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

Vernacular names

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