Porpax gigantea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Podochileae
Subtribus: Eriinae
Genus: Porpax
Species: Porpax gigantea

Name

Porpax gigantea Deori, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 17: 174 (1975 publ. 1978)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Porpax fibuliformis var. gigantea (Deori) Debta & H.J.Chowdhery, J. Orchid Soc. India 24: 9 (2010)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Deori, N.C. 1978. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 17(1–4): 174.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Porpax gigantea. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Porpax gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Porpax gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Porpax gigantea. 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 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Porpax gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Porpax gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.