Chiloschista usneoides

Chiloschista usneoides

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 usneoides

Name

Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832).

• Type species
• Type locality: Nepal.
• Holotype: Buchanan-Hamilton, s.n., BM†.
• Neotype: coll. Wallich, Wallich Cat. 7330, K, K001127184; CAL, CAL0000075098, designated by Seidenfaden in Opera Bot. 95: 175 (1988).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum usneoides D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 37 (1825).
• Homotypic
  • Sarcochilus usneoides (D.Don) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 497 (1863).
  • Thrixspermum usneoides (D.Don) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 120 (1867).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register 18: sub t. 1522.
• Lindley, J. 1838. Sertum Orchidaceum: IV. Chiloschista usneoides
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 152 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Seidenfaden, G. 1988. Orchid genera in Thailand 14. Fifty-nine vandoid Genera. Opera Botanica 95: 1–398. Reference page: 172 (fig. 106), 174–175.

Additional references

• Lindley, J. 1859. Contributions to the Orchideology of India - No.II. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 3: 1–63. BHL Reference page: 43.
• Duthie, J.F. (1906). The orchids of the north-western Himalaya. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta 9(pt.2): 81–211, Reference page: 141.
• Ghose, B.N. 1970. Chiloschista usneoides Lindl.. Orchid Review 78: 296–297, fig. 157.
• Banerji, M.L. & Thapa, B.B. 1973. Orchids of Nepal – 7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70(1): 25–35. BHL Reference page: 28.
• Deva, S. & Naithani, H.B. 1986. The Orchid Flora of North West Himalaya. New Delhi, India. ISBN 8185160007. Reference page: 363–365. (sketch based on a plant from Burma)
• Pearce, N. & Cribb, P.J. 2002. Orchids of Bhutan in Flora of Bhutan: Including a Record of Plants from Sikkim and Darjeeling Vol. 3, pt 3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Royal Government of Bhutan. ISBN 9781872291192. Reference page: 504–505.
• Rao, A.N. 2009. MONOPODIAL ORCHIDS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH (INDIA) - CLASSIFICATION, TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSERVATION. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 25(1–2): 55–92. Reference page. 
• Rao, A.N. 2010. Orchid Flora of Arunachal Pradesh – An Update. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 26(1–2): 82–110. Reference page. 
• Tanaka, N. et al. 2011. New or Noteworthy Plant Collections from Myanmar (7) : Fourteen Additional Species of Orchidaceae. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 61(3): 161–165. DOI: 10.18942/apg.KJ00007062775.
• Bhandari, P., Budhamagar, S., & Shrestha, K. K. 2018. A checklist of flowering plants of Panchase Protected Forest, Kaski district, central Nepal. Journal of Natural History Museum 30: 55–84. DOI: 10.3126/jnhm.v30i0.27538
• 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
• Panday, S., Agrawala, D. K., Aazhivaendhan, G. & Roy, R. 2022. Threat status assessment of Chiloschista usneoides (D. Don) Lindl. (Orchidaceae) as per IUCN criteria. Nelumbo 64(2): 285–289. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172596, ResearchGate.
• Nyorak, J. 2023. Orchid flora of Arunachal Pradesh (India) - A compilation. Pleione 17(1): 50–81. DOI: 10.26679/Pleione.17.1.2023.050-081, ->PDF!!
• Zam, P.; Gyeltshen, C.; Gyeltshen, Nima; Tobgay, K.; Dalström, S. 2023. Orchids of Bhutan. The genus Chiloschista. Orchids. The Magazine of the American Orchid Society 92(8): 600–607. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chiloschista usneoides. Accessed: 2022 Oct 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chiloschista usneoides 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 usneoides. 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 usneoides. Published online. Accessed: 18 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chiloschista usneoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Oct 2022.
• The Wallich Catalogue, RBGE: 7330: Chiloschista usneoides Lindl..

Vernacular names

中文: 异唇兰

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