Gastrochilus acaulis

Gastrochilus acaulis

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: Gastrochilus
Sectio: Gastrochilus sect. Gastrochilus
Species: Gastrochilus acaulis

Name

Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).

• Type locality: Sri Lanka.
• Holotype: Macrae, #65, K.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cleisostoma acaule Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 227 (1833).
• Homotypic
  • Saccolabium acaule (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 61 (1890).
• Heterotypic
  • Vanda pulchella Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1671 (1851), Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 9 (1851).
    • Type locality: India, Kartaitry river below the falls (Neelghersy Hill Felesuary ??)
    • Holotype: Feb. 1850, Wight s.n., K, K000891611
  • Vanda fimbriata Gardner ex Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 305 (1861).
  • Saccolabium nilagiricum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 60 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Gastrochilus nilagiricus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
  • Gastrochilus pulchellus (Wight) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 315 (1913).
  • Saccolabium pulchellum (Wight) C.E.C.Fisch. in J. S. Gamble, Fl. Madras 3: 1011 (1928).
  • Gastrochilus indicus Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 180 (1972), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (eds.) 1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Vol. 2: 511 pp. Reference page: 242–244.
• Rathakrishnan, N.C. & Nair, N.C. 1983. THE CORRECT NAME FOR GASTROCHILUS PULCHELLUS (ORCHIDACEAE). Taxon 32(4): 638–639. DOI: 10.2307/1221745.
• Anusuba, V., Murugesan, M., Sharief, M.U., Karthik, B. & Tharani, R. 2023. A Checklist of the Orchids in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 15(5): 1274–1292. --> PDF! Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gastrochilus acaulis. Accessed: 2022 Oct 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gastrochilus acaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Gastrochilus acaulis. 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 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gastrochilus acaulis. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Gastrochilus acaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

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