Coelogyne imbricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Arethuseae
Subtribus: Coelogyninae
Genus: Coelogyne
Species: Coelogyne imbricata

Name

Coelogyne imbricata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 238 (1862).

Synonymy

Basionym
- Pholidota imbricata Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 138 (1825).
Homotypic
- Cymbidium imbricatum (Lindl.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 460 (1832).
Heterotypic
- Ptilocnema bracteata D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 33 (1825).
- Ornithidium imbricatum Wall. ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: 1213 (1829), pro syn.
- Pholidota conchoidea Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 84 (1840).
- Pholidota calceata Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 329 (1856).
- Pholidota crotalina Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 218 (1856).
- Pholidota loricata Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 43 (1857).
- Pholidota triotos Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 238 (1861).
- Coelogyne conchoidea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 237 (1862).
- Coelogyne crotalina (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 238 (1862).
- Coelogyne loricata (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 238 (1862).
- Coelogyne triotos (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 34 (1862).
- Pholidota assamica Regel, Gartenflora 39: 607 (1890).
- Pholidota imbricata var. coriacea Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 5: 846 (1890).
- Pholidota imbricata var. longifolia Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 109 (1911).
- Pholidota imbricata var. montana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 109 (1911).
- Pholidota imbricata var. platyphylla Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 109 (1911).
- Pholidota henryi Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 427 (1915).
- Pholidota beccarii Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 17 (1921).
- Pholidota grandis Kraenzl., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 76: 301 (1929), nom. illeg.
- Pholidota spectabilis Kraenzl. ex Guillaumin, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 6, 5-6: 15 (1948).
- Pholidota imbricata var. henryi (Kraenzl.) Tang & F.T.Wang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 79 (1951).
- Pholidota bracteata (D.Don) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 89: 100 (1986).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - Queensland.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Rchb.f. (1862), W.G.Walpers, Annales Botanices Systematicae. Lipsiae 6: 238.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Coelogyne imbricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Aug 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. Coelogyne imbricata. 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. 2026. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Aug 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. {{subst:CNTYEAR}}. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Coelogyne imbricata. Accessed: 27 Aug {{subst:CNTYEAR}}. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Coelogyne imbricata. Published online. Accessed: 27 Aug 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names