Vanda falcata

Vanda falcata

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: Vanda
Sectio: Vanda sect. Neofinetia
Species: Vanda falcata

Name

Vanda falcata (Thunb.) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 317 (1854).

• Type locality: Japan.
• Holotype: Thunberg, s.n., UPS, UPS-THUNB 21406

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis falcata Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 811 (1784).
• Homotypic
  • Limodorum falcatum (Thunb.) Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 326 (1794).
  • Angraecum falcatum (Thunb.) Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 15 (1821).
  • Oeceoclades falcata (Thunb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833).
  • Aerides thunbergii Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 205 (1866).
  • Vanda pygmaea H.Laurentius, Cat. (H.Laurentius) 40: 20 (1868), nom. superfl.
  • Angorchis falcata (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).
  • Angraecopsis falcata (Thunb.) Schltr., Die Orchideen; Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 601 (1914).
  • Finetia falcata (Thunb.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 140 (1918).
  • Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) Hu, Rhodora 27: 107 (1925).
  • Nipponorchis falcata (Thunb.) Masam., Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(4): 592 (1934).
  • Holcoglossum falcatum (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 182 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Beer, J.G. 1854. Praktische Studien an der Familie der Orchideen 317.

Additional references

• Gardiner, L.M. 2012. New combinations in the genus Vanda (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 61: 47–54. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.61.1.4 ResearchGate PDF Reference page. ː 50
• Nakajima, M. & Ohba, H. 2012. Illustrations of Japanese Orchids (日本ラン科植物図譜). ISBN 978-4829988206. Tōkyō : Bun'ichisōgōshuppan (東京 : 文一総合出版). Reference page: 289.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vanda falcata. Accessed: 2022 Jul 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vanda falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vanda falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Vanda falcata. 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 Jul 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Vanda falcata. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jul 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Vanda falcata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jul 2022.

Vernacular names

български: Неофинетия фалката
日本語: フウラン
한국어: 풍란
русский: Неофинетия серповидная
中文: 风兰, 象牙草
中文（简体）: 风兰
中文（臺灣）: 風蘭

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