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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

131.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30483; hybrids: 1409
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam.: 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot.: 73 (1835)
131.5711 Genus Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich.; Freyc. Voy. Bot. 422. I. 35 (1826)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa, Indian Ocean, tropical Asia, Australia, Pacific
Species listed in database: 77
= Aplostellis Thouars; Orch. Iles Afr. t. 24 (1822)
= Haplostellis Endl.; Gen. 219 (1837)
= Bolborchis Zoll. & Moritzi; Syst. Verz. Zoll. 89 (1845 publ. 1846)
= Cordyla Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 416 (1825)
= Roptrostemon Blume; Fl. Jav. Praef. p. 6 (1828)
species :
Nervilia acuminata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, E-Irian Jaya); ?Solomon Isl.
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia acuminata J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dep. Agric. Indes Neerl. 19: 34 (1908)
species :
Nervilia adolphi Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 552 (1915)
Distribution: Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Annobon Isl.; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 BKN GHA IVO NGA 23 ANN BIO BUR ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
variant :
var. seposita N.Hallé & Toill.-Gen.; Adansonia 11(3): 460 (1971)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Ivory Coast; Niger; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?South Sudan; Uganda; Zambia
22 GNB GUI IVO MLI NGR SEN 23 CAF ZAI 25 UGA 26 ZAM
species :
Nervilia affinis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 116 (1924)
Distribution: Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Toamasina); ?La Réunion
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia perrieri Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 117 (1924)
= Nervilia pilosa Schltr. & H.Perrier; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 118 (1924)
species :
Nervilia alishanensis T.C.Hsu, S.W.Chung & C.M.Kuo; Taiwania 57(3): 274 (2012)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Taiwan
36 CHI 38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia brevilobata C.S.Leou, C.L.Yeh & S.W.Gale; Nordic J. Bot. 31: 403 (2013)
species :
Nervilia appressifolia Aver. & V.C.Nguyen; Taiwania 65(4): 487 (2020)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Nervilia ballii G.Will.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 134 (1-2): 66 (1980)
Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Nervilia beumeei J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 9: 30 (1927)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Nervilia bicarinata (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?Rwanda; S-Chad; Ethiopia; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa (E-Northern Provinces, Natal); Madagascar (Antsiranana); Comores (Grande Comore, Mayotte); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Juan de Nova Isl.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Iles Glorieuses; Oman; Yemen
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON EQG PRI SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 COM IGL MAU MCI MDG REU 35 OMA YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia barklyana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911) [barklayana]
= Nervilia commersonii (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
= Nervilia ghindana (Fiori) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg. 42 (3). Suppl. [Enum Pl. Aethiop. Spermat.]: 1611 (1972)
= Nervilia umbrosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911), et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 555 (1915)
= Nervilia viridiflava (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
= Pogonia barklyana Rchb.f.; Flora 68: 378 (1885), et Gard. Chron. 1885, I: 726 (1885) [barklayana]
= Pogonia bicarinata Blume; Orch. Archip. Ind. 152 (1858)
= Pogonia chariensis A.Chev.; Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 297 (1913), nom. nud.
= Pogonia commersonii Blume; Orch. Archip. Ind. 152 (1858)
= Pogonia djalonensis Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Centr. Fr. 1: 620 (1913), nom. nud.
= Pogonia ghindiana Fiori; Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 19: 430 (1912)
= Pogonia umbrosa Rchb.f.; Flora 50: 102 (1867)
= Pogonia viridiflava Rchb.f.; Flora 65: 532 (1882)
species :
Nervilia borneensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia borneensis J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dep. Agric. Indes Neerl. 22: 8 (1909)
species :
Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
Distribution: Mauritius [I]; China (Hubei, Sichuan, S- & W-Yunnan); S- & SE-Tibet; Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Kita-Daitosima, Nishiomotesima, Ishigakijima, Iriomote, Yayeyamana); C- & S-Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perak, Pahan); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (West Timor); Moluccas (Seram, ?Sula Arch., Ambon, Kei Isl., Bacan, Buru); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, E-Irian Jaya, Long Isl.); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain); Solomon Isl.; Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia (rare, Loyalty Isl., rare); Vanuatu; Tonga; Niue; Fiji; Wallis & Futuna (Alofi Isl., ´Uvea Isl. [Wallis]); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Cook Isl. (Mangaia, Ngaputoru group); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Bora Bora, Tetiaroa Atoll); Tuamotu Arch. (Takapoto Atoll, etc.); ?Austral Isl. (?Tubuai); Palau (Peleliu); Northern Marianas (Rota Isl., Saipan, Alagaman, Anatahan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Sonsorol)
29 mau 36 CHI TIB 38 NNS 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ NUE NWC SAM TON VAN WAL 61 COO SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis aragoana (Gaudich.) Ridl.; Fl. Malay. Penins. 4: 203 (1924)
= Aplostellis flabelliformis (Lindl.) Ridl.; Fl. Malay. Penins. 4: 203 (1924)
= Cordyla concolor Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 416 (1825)
= Epipactis carinata Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 63 (1814), Fl. Ind. 3: 454 (1832)
= Epipactis flabelliformis (Lindl.) Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List. n. 7400A (1832) [pro syn.]
= Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.; Freyc. Voy. Bot. 422, t. 35 (1829)
= Nervilia bandana (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
= Nervilia carinata (Roxb.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
= Nervilia flabelliformis (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 68 (1951) [nom. illeg., p. p.]
= Nervilia scottii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
= Nervilia tibetensis Rolfe; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 128 (1913)
= Nervilia yaeyamensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2: 140 (1912)
= Pogonia bandana Blume; Orch. Archip. Ind. 155 (1858)
= Pogonia carinata (Roxb.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 414 (1840)
= Pogonia concolor (Blume) Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 32 (1849)
= Pogonia flabelliformis Lindl.; (ex Wall., Numer. List 247, n. 7400 (1832), nom. nud.), Gen. & Sp. Orch. 415 (1840) [nom illeg.]
= Pogonia gracilis Blume; Coll. Orch. Arch. Ind. Jap. 155 (1858)
= Pogonia nervilia Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 32 (1849), nom. superfl.
= Pogonia scottii Rchb.f.; Flora 55: 276 (1872)
= Roptrostemon concolor (Blume) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 453 (1840)
species :
Nervilia cumberlegii Seidenf. & Smitinand; Orch. Thail. (Prelim. List) 729 (1965)
Distribution: Taiwan (Nantou); E-Thailand
38 TAI 41 THA
species :
Nervilia dilatata (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan, Sarawak); Philippines
42 BOR PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia dilatata Blume; Orch. Archip. Ind. t. 10 (1858)
species :
Nervilia falcata (King & Pantl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: N-India (West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia falcata King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 129 (1896)
species :
Nervilia fordii (Hance) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, C- to W-Sichuan, Yunnan); N-Thailand; N-Vietnam
36 CHI 41 THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia mekongensis S.W.Gale, Schuit. & Suddee; Phytotaxa 247: 268 (2016)
= Pogonia fordii Hance; J. Bot. 23: 247 (1885)
species :
Nervilia fuerstenbergiana Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 330 (1911)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; W-Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 BEN BKN GHA IVO MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CMN
species :
Nervilia futago S.W.Gale & T.Yukawa; Syst. Bot. 40(2): 423, figs. 1-6 (2015)
Distribution: Japan
38 JAP
species :
Nervilia gammieana (Hook.f.) Pfitzer; Engl. Pflanzenfam. 2(6): 56, 106 (1888)
Distribution: N-Pakistan (Rawalpindi); Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha. Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)
40 IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia gammieana (Hook.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911), isonym
= Pogonia gammieana Hook.f.; Curtis, Bot. Mag. 109: t. 6671 (1883)
species :
Nervilia gleadowii A.N.Rao; Indian Forester 118(11): 846 (1992)
Distribution: India (Uttarakhand)
40 IND
species :
Nervilia gracilis Aver.; Taiwania 56(1): 50 (2011)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Nervilia grandiflora Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 85 (1910), et Ann. Northern Provinces Mus. 10: 241 (1924)
Distribution: +[Western] Samoa (+Savai´i)
60 SAM
Remarks: known only from lost type collection
species :
Nervilia hemratii S.W.Gale, Tetsana & Suddee; Kew Bull. 77(2): 570 (2022)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Nervilia hirsuta (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status uncertain
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia hirsuta Blume; Coll. Orchid.: 152 (1859)
species :
Nervilia hispida Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 728 (1932)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka)
40 IND
species :
Nervilia holochila (F.Muell.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 48 (1906), et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
Distribution: Java; New Guinea (SW-Papua New Guinea, SE-Irian Jaya); Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 JAW NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia campestris (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
= Pogonia campestris J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dep. Agric. Indes Neerl. 19: 34 (1908)
= Pogonia holochila F.Muell.; Fragm. 5: 200 (1866)
species :
Nervilia hookeriana (King & Pantl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
Distribution: N-India (Sikkim)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia hookeriana King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 129 (1896)
species :
Nervilia hungii T.C.Hsu; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 134 (2016)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Nervilia infundibulifolia Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 725 (1932)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); S-Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl.)
40 BHU IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia calcicola Kerr; J. Thailand Soc., Nat. Hist. Suppl. 9: 242 (1933)
= Nervilia hallbergii Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 726 (1932)
species :
Nervilia jacksoniae Rinehart & Fosberg; Micronesica 24(1): 81 (1991)
Distribution: Northern Marianas (Rota Isl.); Guam
62 GUM MRN
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Nervilia juliana (Roxb.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Mizoram, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar
40 BAN IND SRL 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Epipactis juliana Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 63 (1814), Fl. Ind. 3: 453 (1832)
= Pogonia juliana (Roxb.) Wall. ex Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 225 (1898)
= Pogonia juliana (Roxb.) Wall.; Numer. List no. 7399 (1832), nomen
species :
Nervilia kasiensis S.W.Gale & Phaxays.; Blumea 62(1): 2 (2017)
Distribution: Laos
41 LAO
species :
Nervilia khaoyaica Suddee, Watthana & S.W.Gale; Kew Bull. 68: 331, fig. 1-2 (2013)
Distribution: E-Thailand
41 THA
species :
Nervilia khasiana (King & Pantl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: NE-India (Meghalaya); Myanmar
40 IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia khasiana King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 597 (1897)
species :
Nervilia kotschyi (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; S-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia abyssinica (Chiov.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 356 (1920)
= Nervilia diantha Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 553 (1915)
= Nervilia sakoae Jum. & H.Perrier; Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 21(2): 194 (1912)
= Nervilia similis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 554 (1915) (possibly a separate species but insufficiently known)
= Pogonia abyssinica Chiov.; Ann. Bot., Roma 9: 136 (1911)
= Pogonia kotschyi Rchb.f.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 14: 338 (1864)
= Pogonia sakoae (Jum. & H.Perrier) Moreau; Rev. Gen. de Bot. 24: 98, fig. 11 (1912)
variant :
var. purpurata (Rchb.f. & Sond.) Börge Pett.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(5): 489 (1990)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Northern Provinces); Madagascar (Mahajanga)
23 ZAI 24 ETH SSU SUD 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia dalbergiae Jum. & H.Perrier; Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 21: 196 (1912)
= Nervilia purpurata (Rchb.f. & Sond.) Schltr.; Warb. (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 210 (1903)
= Pogonia lanceolata Moreau; Rev. Gen. de Bot. 24: 98, fig. 12 (1912)
= Pogonia purpurata Rchb.f. & Sond.; Flora 48: 184 (1865)
species :
Nervilia lanyuensis S.S.Ying; Coll. Agric. Nation. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 55 (1989)
Distribution: S-Taiwan (Lan Yu Isl.)
38 TAI
species :
Nervilia leguminosarum Jum. & H.Perrier; Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 21: 195 (1912)
Distribution: Madagascar (Mahajanga)
29 MDG
species :
Nervilia lilacea Jum. & H.Perrier; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 197 (1911)
Distribution: Tanzania; ?Zambia; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo); Madagascar (Antsiranana)
25 TAN 26 MLW ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia gassneri Börge Pett.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(5): 492 (1990)
species :
Nervilia linearilabia T.P.Lin; Taiwania 59(4): 363 (2014)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Nervilia mackinnonii (Duthie) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: China (S-Guizhou, C- & NW-Yunnan); NW-India (Uttarakhand); ?Myanmar (?Kachin)
36 CHI 40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia macroglossa var. mackinnonii (Duthie) Pradhan; Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 1: 148 (1976)
= Pogonia mackinnonii Duthie; J. As. Soc. Beng. 71: 43 (1902)
species :
Nervilia macroglossa (Hook.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin); Vietnam
40 BHU IND 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia macroglossa Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 120 (1890)
species :
Nervilia macrophylla Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 42 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (N-Papua New Guinea, NE-Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Nervilia maculata (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 103 (1911)
Distribution: Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos
41 LAO MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia parishiana (King & Pantl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
= Pogonia maculata C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 143 (1874)
= Pogonia parishiana King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 597 (1897)
species :
Nervilia maliana Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 39 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (EC-Papua New Guinea, E-Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia punctata var. papuana J.J.Sm.; Nova Guinea 14 3: 340, t. 42-43 (1929)
species :
Nervilia marmorata S.W.Gale, Suddee & Duangjai; Syst. Biodivers. 16(4): 388 (2018)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Nervilia multinervis Cavestro; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 5(2): 1, fig. (2017)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Nervilia muratana S.W.Gale; Makinoa, n. s. 7: 81 (2008)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Nervilia nipponica Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 138 (1909)
Distribution: South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Izu Isl., Tanegashima Pref.); N-Ryukyu Isl. (Osumi Gunto); Nicobar Isl.; peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl., Perak, Johor, Langkawi Isl.)
38 JAP KOR NNS 41 NCB 42 MLY
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis punctata Ridl.; Fl. Malay. Penins. 4: 204 (1924)
= Nervilia punctata (Blume) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 199 (1902) [excl. syn.]
species :
Nervilia odorata D.P.Ye; Wild Orchids Yunnan 141 (2010), not validly published
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status doubtful and unconfirmed
species :
Nervilia palawensis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 447 (1921)
Distribution: Palau (Babeldaob, Ulebsechel); Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap)
62 MIC PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia oxyglossa Fukuy.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 27: 279 (1937)
species :
Nervilia pallidiflora Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 40 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (EC-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Nervilia pangteyana Jalal, Kumar & G.S.Rawat; Nordic J. Bot. 30(4): 407 (2012)
Distribution: India (Uttarakhand)
40 IND
species :
Nervilia pectinata P.J.Cribb; Kew Bull. 32(1): 153 (1977)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Nervilia peltata B.Gray & D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 4(2): 195 (1994)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Nervilia petaloidea Carr; J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 11: 68 (1933)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Nervilia petraea (Afzel. ex Pers.) Summerh.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 249 (1945)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar (Mahajanga)
22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO NGA SEN SIE 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
Remarks: not in the Mascarenes fide Hermans & Cribb 2023
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis truncata Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 411 (1840)
= Arethusa petraea Afzel. ex Pers.; Syn. 2: 512 (1807)
= Arethusa petraea Afzel. ex Sw.; Schrad. Neues J. Bot. 1: 62 (1805)
= Nervilia afzelii Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911), nom. superfl.
= Nervilia afzelii var. grandiflora Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 222 (1936)
= Pogonia fineti A.Chev. ex Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 222, pro syn. (1936)
species :
Nervilia platychila Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 48 (1906)
Distribution: New Caledonia (northeast); Fiji; Palau (Babeldaob, Ngarakabesang); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap)
60 FIJ NWC 62 GUM MIC PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia umenoi Fukuy.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 428 (1940)
= Nervilia ignobilis Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 54: 295 (1940)
species :
Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
Distribution: China (Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); S-Taiwan; N-Pakistan; Bhutan; India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kayin, Mandalay, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Penang Isl.); Sumatra; Philippines; Java; New Guinea (E-Papua New Guinea, W-Irian Jaya, Mussau Isl.); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND PAK 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY NWG PHI SUM 43 BIS 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis velutina (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Ridl.; Fl. Malay. Penins. 4: 204 (1924)
= Arethusa plicata Andrews; Bot. Rep. 5: 321 (1803)
= Cordyla discolor Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 416 (1825)
= Epipactis plicata (Andrews) Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 63 (1814), Fl. Ind. 3: 454 (1832)
= Nervilia apiculata Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 41 (1911)
= Nervilia biflora (Wight) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 48 (1906)
= Nervilia dallachyana (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 48 (1906)
= Nervilia discolor (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
= Nervilia discolor var. purpurea (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Coll. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 1(2): 253 (1977)
= Nervilia plicata var. purpurea (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Col. Ill. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 2: 276 (1990)
= Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 41 (1911)
= Nervilia purpurea (Hayata) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 6 (1911)
= Nervilia velutina (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
= Pogonia biflora Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1758 (1851)
= Pogonia dallachyana F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austr. 6: 310 (1873)
= Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 32 (1849)
= Pogonia plicata (Andrews) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 415 (1840)
= Pogonia pulchella C.S.P.Parish; Mason, Burmah 186 (1883), nomen
= Pogonia pulchella Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 6851 (1885)
= Pogonia purpurea Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 30: Art. 1, 345 (1911)
= Pogonia velutina C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 142 (1874)
= Roptrostemon discolor (Blume) Blume; Fl. Jav. (Praef.) 6 (1828), et Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. 453 (1840)
species :
Nervilia pubilabia T.C.Hsu, C.W.Chen & Luu; Taiwania 65(2): 242 (2020)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Nervilia pudica (Ames) W.Suarez; OrchideenJ. 22(2): 66 (2015)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia pudica Ames; Orchidaceae 2: 44 (1908)
species :
Nervilia punctata (Blume) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: India (Mizoram, Odisha); Nicobar Isl.; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Java; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Fiji (found only once)
40 IND 41 CBD NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY NWG SNG SUM 60 FIJ
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis punctata (Blume) Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 4: 204 (1924)
= Pogonia punctata Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 32 (1849)
species :
Nervilia purpureotincta T.C.Hsu; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 135 (2016)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Nervilia renschiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911)
Distribution: Burundi; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (S-KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Mahajanga)
23 BUR 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia insolata Jum. & H.Perrier; Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 21: 192 (1912)
= Nervilia natalensis Schelpe; Orchid Rev. 74: 394 (1966)
= Pogonia renschiana Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 73 (1878), et Bot. Zeit. 39: 449 (1881)
species :
Nervilia sciaphila Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 5 (1911)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Nervilia septemtrionarius T.P.Lin; Taiwania 63(3): 244 (2018)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Nervilia seranica J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 92 (1928)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Nervilia shirensis (Rolfe) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
Distribution: Central African Republic; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR CAF ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia buchananii (Rolfe) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
= Pogonia buchananii Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 187 (1897)
= Pogonia shirensis Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 187 (1897)
species :
Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 401 (1911)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Sao Nicolau); Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa (E-Northern Provinces); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar (Antananarivo); +La Réunion; +Mauritius; S-Taiwan; Nepal; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra (incl. Krakatau Isl.); Philippines; Java; New Guinea (NE-Papua New Guinea); Australia (Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu
21 CVI 22 BEN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG REU 38 TAI 40 IND NEP 41 LAO THA VIE 42 JAW MLY NWG PHI SUM 50 AUS 60 NWC VAN
Remarks: N. simplex is not a synonym of N. petraea but the older name for N. crociformis fide Bosser and Ormerod 2017.
Synonyms: hidden
= Aplostellis ambigua A.Rich.; Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 36 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Aplostellis simplex Thouars; Orch. Iles Afr. t. 24 (1822)
= Arethusa simplex Thouars; Hist. Orchid. t. 24 (1822)
= Bolborchis crociformis Zoll. & Moritzi; Syst. Verz. Zoll. 89 (1845 publ. 1846)
= Coelogyne javanica Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. Coelog. 17 (1854)
= Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 736 (1826)
= Haplostellis truncata Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 411 (1840), nom. illeg.
= Nervilia bathiei Senghas; Adansonia n. s. 4: 303 (1964)
= Nervilia bollei (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911)
= Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr.; K. Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 82 (1905)
= Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 32(2): 151 (1978)
= Nervilia erosa P.J.Cribb; Kew Bull. 32(1): 155 (1977)
= Nervilia fimbriata Schltr.; K. Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 82 (1905)
= Nervilia francoisii H.Perrier; Bull. Acad. Malgache 1928, Francois in Rev. Hortic. n. s. 21: 304 (1928)
= Nervilia humilis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 551 (1915)
= Nervilia monantha Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 724 (1932)
= Nervilia prainiana (King & Prantl) Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 32(2): 149 (1978)
= Nervilia reniformis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 551 (1915)
= Pogonia bollei Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 88 (1867)
= Pogonia crispata Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 32 (1849)
= Pogonia fineti A.Chev. & Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936(3): 222 (1936), pro syn.
= Pogonia prainiana King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 129 (1896)
= Pogonia simplex (Thouars) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 92 (1865)
= Pogonia thouarsii Blume; Coll. Orchid.: 152 (1859)
= Stellorkis aplostellis Thouars; Hist. Orchid.: t. 24 (1822)
species :
Nervilia singaporensis Niissalo; Gard. Bull. Singapore 72(1): 4 (2020)
Distribution: Singapore
42 SNG
species :
Nervilia stolziana Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 550 (1915)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; ?Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Nervilia subintegra Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 150 (1938)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan
22 GHA GUI IVO SIE 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 SSU
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia toillieziae N.Hallé; Adansonia 11(3): 455 (1971) (toilliezae)
species :
Nervilia taitoensis (Hayata) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 6 (1911)
Distribution: S-Taiwan
38 TAI
Conservation Status: known only from type collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Pogonia taitoensis Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 30: Art. 346 (1911)
species :
Nervilia taiwaniana Ying; Quart. J. Chin. For. 11(2): 104 (1978)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
variant :
var. ratis (T.P.Lin & Y.N.Chang) T.P.Lin; Orchid Fl. Taiwan 719 (2019)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia ratis T.P.Lin & Y.N.Chang; Taiwania 58(4): 260 (2013)
variant :
var. tahanshanensis (T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin) T.P.Lin; Taiwania 61(2): 110 (2016)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia tahanshanensis T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin; Taiwania 54(4): 329 (2009)
species :
Nervilia trangensis S.W.Gale, Suddee & Duangjai; Syst. Biodivers. 16(4): 389 (2018)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Nervilia trichophylla Fukuy.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 428 (1940)
Distribution: Palau
62 PLU
species :
Nervilia umphangensis Suddee, Rueangr. & S.W.Gale; Phytotaxa 166(2): 140 (2014)
Distribution: N-Thailand
41 THA
species :
Nervilia uniflora (F.Muell.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 48 (1906), et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (E-Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia imperatetorum Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 38 (1911)
= Pogonia uniflora F.Muell.; Fragm. 5: 201 (1866)
species :
Nervilia viridis S.W.Gale, Watthana & Suddee; Syst. Biodivers. 16(4): 390 (2018)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Thailand
36 CHI 41 THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia viridiflora Q.Liu & J.W.Li; Phytotaxa 379: 164 (2018), nom. illeg.
species :
Nervilia winckelii J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 26: 1 (1918)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
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