Bulbophyllum roxburghii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 263 (1861).

Basionym
- Cirrhopetalum roxburghii Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 58 (1830).
  - Type locality: India. In the Ganges delta.
  - Holotype: Dr. Carey's drawing.

Homotypic
- Aerides radiata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 476 (1832).
- Phyllorkis roxburghii (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Cirrhopetalum sikkimense King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 90 (1898).
  - Type locality: India. Sikkim, Tropical Valleys, at the foot of the hills.
  - Holotype: June 1893, Pantling 148, K, K000829945.
  - Isotype: BM: BM000525198; BR: BR0000009974760; L: L0058383; P: P00355145.
- Bulbophyllum sikkimense (King & Pantl.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 28 (1912).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Reichenbach, H.G. (1861) Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 263.
King, G. & Pantling, R. 1898. The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya (I-IV). Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden (Calcutta) 8: 1–342. Part I-II:BHL, Part III-IV: BHL. Reference page:
Seidenfaden, G. 1973. Notes on Cirrhopetalum Lindl.. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 29: 1–260. Reference page.

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 4 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Bulbophyllum roxburghii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Aug. 6. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2013. Bulbophyllum roxburghii in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Aug. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Bulbophyllum roxburghii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Aug. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Bulbophyllum roxburghii. Published online. Accessed: 6. Aug. 2013.
The Plant List 2013. Bulbophyllum roxburghii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 16.

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