Orchidaceae
Oberonia

Oberonia anthropophora Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 16 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and N. Sumatera, SE. Hainan. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2018). New and rare orchid species (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 49: 24-41.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2022). Flora of Thailand 12(3): 671-1015. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Tian, H.Z., Hu, C. & Tong, Y. (2013). Two newly recorded species of Oberonia (Orchidaceae) from China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 21: 231-233.
  • Wang, X. & al. (2018). New information of orchids in Tibet, China. Guihaia 38: 1440-1445.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Malaysia K:SPC-31365.000 No
Mann, A. [s.n.] India K000387730 Type Yes
Gomez, W. [1951] Burma K000974226 Type Yes
Pantling, R. [218] India K000387729 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000943011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1951] Burma K001114801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pantling, R. [218] India K000387728 Type Yes
Pantling, R. [218] India K000387727 Type Yes
Ridley, H.N. [15635] Malaysia K000943007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cumberlege [868] Thailand Oberonia falcata K:SPC-26314.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Cambodia Oberonia falcata K:SPC-67198.000 No
Cumberlege [914] Thailand Oberonia falcata K:SPC-26400.000 No
Green, P.S. [2463] Thailand Oberonia falcata K:SPC-50651.000 No
Schuiteman, A.; Ryan, A.; Nay, S. [15-95] Cambodia Oberonia falcata K:SPC-77342.000 No
Cumberlege, P.F. [1242] Thailand Oberonia caudata K:SPC-29944.000 No

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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