Vanda testacea

Vanda testacea

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
Species: Vanda testacea

Name

Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 8: 166 (1877).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Aerides testacea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 238 (1833).
    • Type locality: Sri Lanka (Zeylona), supra arbores.
    • Holotype: Macrae, J., 1829.
• Heterotypic
  • Aerides wightiana Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 7320 (1832), nom. nud.
  • Aerides wightiana Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 238 (1833).
    • Type locality: India, Madras.
    • Holotype: Wight, R 7320, K, K000895720.
  • Vanda parviflora Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 45 (1844).
    • Type locality: India, Bombay.
    • Holotype: Loddiges 1567, K, K000895723
  • Vanda vitellina Kraenzl., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 206 (1892). drawing by Kränzlin.
    • Type locality: sine loco.
  • Vanda testacea var. parviflora (Lindl.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 90 (2009).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1877. The Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 8: 166.
• Kraenzlin, F.W.L. 1900. Vanda vitellina in Xenia Orchidacea 3(9): 143–145, pl. 283. BHL.

Additional references

• Gogoi, N.J., Gogoi, K., Pangtey, D. & Baruah, A.S. 2022. Note on the orchids of new forest campus of Dehradun (Uttarakhand, India). Richardiana 6: 162–170. Link.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vanda testacea. Accessed: 2023 May 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Vanda testacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Vanda testacea. 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 May 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Vanda testacea. Accessed: 1 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Vanda testacea. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Vanda testacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2023.

Vernacular names

ไทย: เข็มเหลือง
中文: 小花万代兰

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