Chiloschista lunifera

Chiloschista lunifera

Chiloschista lunifera type drawing

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: Chiloschista
Sectio: Chiloschista sect. Chiloschista
Species: Chiloschista lunifera

Name

Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 553 (1905).

• Type locality: Burma: Presumably Tenasserim.
• Holotype: Veitch sine no., W, W0017163, W 0017164 left hand sketch!

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Thrixspermum luniferum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1868: 786 (1868).
• Homotypic
  • Sarcochilus luniferus (Rchb.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 115: t. 7044 (1889) nom. tantum
• Heterotypic
  • Chiloschista indica J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 10: 101 (1913) nom. superfl.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.J. 1905. Die Orchideen von Java. (Flore de Buitenzorg Vol. 6). Leiden, E. J. Brill. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.86938. Reference page. 553.

Additional references

• Seidenfaden, G. 1988. Orchid genera in Thailand 14. Fifty-nine vandoid Genera. Opera Botanica 95: 1–398. Reference page: 175.
• Averyanov, L.V., Duy, N.V., Nguyen, K.S., Maisak, T., Nguyen, V.C., Phan, Q.T., Nguyen, P.T., Tich, N.T. & Truong, B.V. 2016. New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 61(4): 319–354. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2016.61.319 Reference page: 329. (doubtful identification)
• Gyeltshen, N., Gyeltshen, C., Tobgay, K., Dalström, S., Gurung, D. Bdr., Gyeltshen, N., Ghalley, B. Bdr. (2020). Two new spotted Chiloschista species (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) from Bhutan. Lankesteriana 20(3): 281–299. DOI: 10.15517/lank.v20i3.44149. (Fig. 15, identity?)

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chiloschista lunifera. Accessed: 2022 Oct 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chiloschista lunifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Chiloschista lunifera. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chiloschista lunifera. Published online. Accessed: 18 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chiloschista lunifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

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