Didymoplexis pallens

Didymoplexis pallens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Gastrodieae
Genus: Didymoplexis
Species: Didymoplexis pallens

Name

Didymoplexis pallens Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: t. 17 (1844).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f. in B.Seemann, Fl. Vit.: 296 (1868).
  • Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell., Contr. Phytogr. New Hebrides: 22 (1873).
• Heterotypic
  • Leucorchis sylvatica Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 31 (1849).
  • Apetalon minutum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851).
  • Arethusa ecristata Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 378 (1851).
  • Leucorchis minuta (Wight) Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 147 (1859).
  • Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 311 (1883), not validly publ.
  • Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl., J. Bot. 22: 345 (1884).
  • Didymoplexis subcampanulata Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2: 136 (1912).
  • Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 732 (1932).
  • Didymoplexis brevipes Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 238 (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan. China China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Sumatera, Christmas Isle. Papuasia Papua New Guinea. Australasia Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Niue, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Griffith, W. 1844. Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India 4: 383, t. 17
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 441 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Didymoplexis pallens. Accessed: 2022 Dec 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Didymoplexis pallens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Didymoplexis pallens. 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 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Didymoplexis pallens. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Didymoplexis pallens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Crystal bells
中文: 吊鐘鬼蘭, 双唇兰
中文（简体）: 双唇兰, 鬼兰

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