Pleione formosana

Pleione formosana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Arethuseae
Subtribus: Coelogyninae
Genus: Pleione
Species: Pleione formosana

Name

Pleione formosana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 326 (1911).

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Pleione pricei Rolfe, Bot. Mag. 143: t. 8729 (1917).
  • Pleione formosana f. nivea Fukuy., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 22: 415 (1932).
  • Pleione formosana var. nivea (Fukuy.) Masam., Trop. Hort. 3: 48 (1933).
  • Pleione hookeriana f. nivea (Fukuy.) M.Hiroe, Orchid Flowers: 274 (1971).
  • Pleione bulbocodioides var. nivea (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying, Col. Ill. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 1(2): 494 (1977).
  • Pleione formosana f. alba Torelli & Riccab., Caesiana 14: 55 (2000).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China Southeast. Eastern Asia Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hayata, B. 1911. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 30(1): 326–327.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pleione formosana. Accessed: 2023 Aug 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pleione formosana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pleione formosana. 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 Aug 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pleione formosana. Accessed: 5 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pleione formosana. Published online. Accessed: 5 Aug 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pleione formosana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Aug 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Taiwan Pleione
Tiếng Việt: Lan kiều diễm Đài Loan
中文: 台灣一葉蘭, 台湾独蒜兰
中文（简体）: 台湾独蒜兰

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