Papilionanthe

Papilionanthe teres
Typus of Papilionanthe

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: Papilionanthe

Overview of species (10)

P. biswasiana – P. cylindrica – P. greenii – P. hookeriana – P. pedunculata – P. sillemiana – P. teres – P. tricuspidata – P. uniflora – P. vandarum

Species new to Science 2023

P. motuoensis
Five new and noteworthy species of Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae) from southwestern China based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence

Name

Papilionanthe Schltr., Orchis 9: 78 (1915).

• Type species: Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr., Orchis 9: 78 (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1915. Vanda teres Ldl. als Vertreter einer eigenen Orchideengattung. Orchis 9: 77–80. BHL

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 218 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Papilionanthe. Accessed: 2022 Oct 26.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Papilionanthe in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Papilionanthe. 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 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Papilionanthe. Published online. Accessed: 26 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Papilionanthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Папилионанте
коми: Папилионанте
кырык мары: Папилионанте
удмурт: Папилионанте
中文: 凤蝶兰属
中文（简体）: 凤蝶兰属

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