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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)
131.6505 Genus Papilionanthe Schltr.; Orchis 9: 78 (1915)
Distribution: Tropical Asia, Malesia, S-China
Species listed in database: 11
species :
Papilionanthe biswasiana (Ghose & Mukerjee) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 371 (1974)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Myanmar (Kachin); Thailand
36 CHI 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides biswasiana Ghose & Mukerjee; Orchid Rev. 53: 124 (1945)
species :
Papilionanthe cylindrica (Lindl.) Seidenf.; Descr. Epidendrorum J. G. Koen. 1791: 33 (1995)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides cylindricum Lindl.; Wall., Numer. List no. 7317 (1832)
= Cymbidium cylindricum B.Heyne ex Wall.; Cat. sub n. 7317 (1832)
species :
Papilionanthe greenii (W.W.Sm.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 371 (1974)
Distribution: Bhutan
40 BHU
Remarks: status doubtful
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides greenei W.W.Sm.; Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 271 (1911)
species :
Papilionanthe hookeriana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Orchis 9: 80 (1915)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Trengganu, Perak, Johor); Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.); Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak); Java
41 THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanda hookeri Anon.; Gard. Chron. 1885, II: 375, 558 (1885)
= Vanda hookeriana Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 324 (1856)
species :
Papilionanthe motuoensis J.D.Ya & D.Z.Li; PhytoKeys 235: 222 (2023)
Distribution: SE-Tibet (Motuo)
36 TIB
species :
Papilionanthe sillemiana (Rchb.f.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 372 (1974)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides sillemiana (Rchb.f.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 159 (1972)
= Sarcochilus sillemianus Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. (1882) I. 524 [in syn.]
= Thrixspermum sillemianum Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1882, I: 524 (1882)
species :
Papilionanthe subulata (J.Koenig) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 372 (1974)
Distribution: S-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides subulata (J.Koenig) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 382 (1924) [non Lindl.]
= Epidendrum subulatum J.Koenig; Retz., Obs. 6: 51 (1791)
= Limodorum subulatum (J.Koenig) Willd.; Sp. Pl. 4: 126 (1805)
species :
Papilionanthe teres (Lindl.) Schltr.; Orchis 9: 78 (1915)
Distribution: Seychelles [I]; China (S-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (Chin, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); Trinidad [I]
29 sey 36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 AND LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 60 fij rot 62 mrs 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Dendrobium teres Roxb.; (Hort. Beng. 63 (1814), nom. nud.), Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3: 485 (1832)
= Papilionanthe teres f. candida (Rchb.f.) Christenson; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 63(12): 1375 (1994)
= Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl.; [ex Wall., Numer. List 246, n. 7324 (1832), nom. nud.], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 217 (1833)
= Vanda teres var. candida Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 225 (1875)
species :
Papilionanthe tricuspidata (J.J.Sm.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 372 (1974)
Distribution: Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Alor)
42 JAW LSI
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanda tricuspidata J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 13: 48 (1913)
species :
Papilionanthe uniflora (Lindl.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 372 (1974)
Distribution: C-Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal)
40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides longicornu Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 44 (1890), et Ic. pl. 22: t. 2127 (1893), nom. illeg.
= Aerides uniflora (Lindl.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 588 (1955 publ. 1956)
= Luisia uniflora (Lindl.) Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849)
= Mesoclastes uniflora Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List 55, no. 1993 (1829), nom. nud.
= Mesoclastes uniflora Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 45 (1830)
species :
Papilionanthe vandarum (Rchb.f.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(10): 372 (1974)
Distribution: Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim); Myanmar (Chin)
40 BHU IND 41 MYA
Conservation Status: IUCN V (Bhutan), I (India)
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides cylindrica Hook.; Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4982 (1857), nom. illeg.
= Aerides vandarum Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1867: 997 (1867)
= Vanda vandarum (Rchb.f.) K.Karas.; Orchid Atlas 8: 199 (1992)
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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 19.2 (April 17th, 2024)

Covering 354,696 accepted species,
8,644 hybrids, 47,758 accepted infraspecific taxa and 996,379 synonyms,
in total 1,407,477* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

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