Porpax elwesii

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 elwesii

Name

Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Eria elwesii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 402 (1883)
• Homotypic
  • Porpax meirax var. elwesii (Rchb.f.) R.C.Srivast., Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 18: 61 (1995)
• Heterotypic
  • Eria nummularia Kraenzl., Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 9 (1901)
  • Eria semiconnata Kraenzl., Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 8 (1901)
  • Porpax nummularia (Kraenzl.) Smitinand, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 19: 12 (1958)
  • Porpax semiconnata (Kraenzl.) Smitinand, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 19: 12 (1958)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Peninsular Malaysia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rolfe, R.A. 1908. Orchid Revue 16: 8.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Porpax elwesii. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Porpax elwesii 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 elwesii 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 elwesii. 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 elwesii. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Porpax elwesii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

中文: 狭叶盾柄兰