Papilionanthe teres
Typus of Papilionanthe

Taxonavigation edit

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) edit

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 edit

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

Name edit

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

Distribution edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

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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