Luisia inconspicua

Luisia inconspicua

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: Luisia
Species: Luisia inconspicua

Name

Luisia inconspicua (Hook.f.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 203 (1898).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Saccolabium inconspicuum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 56 (1890).
    • Type locality: India, Lower Assam
    • Holotype: Drawing: 90. Cymbidium inconspicuum WALL. Capt. JENKINS, from Lower Assam", CAL, reproduced in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 5(1): plate 69 (1895).

• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium inconspicuum Wall. ex Hook.f., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 5(1): 46 (1895), pro syn.
  • Gastrochilus inconspicuus (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
  • Gastrochilus inconspicuus (Hook.f.) Seidenf., Dansk. Bot. Ark, 27(4), 94 (1971), nom. illeg.
  • Luisiopsis inconspicua (Hook.f.) C.S.Kumar & P.C.S.Kumar, Rheedea 15: 48 (2005).
• Heterotypic
  • Luisia micrantha Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 23 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, C.E.O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 661.

Additional references

• Deva, S. & Naithani, H.B. 1986. The Orchid Flora of North West Himalaya. New Delhi, India. ISBN 8185160007. Reference page: 402–403.
• Gogoi, K., Gogoi, A. & Shyam, M.P. 2022. A Checklist of orchids of Chala Reserve Forest, Charaideo district (Assam, India). Richardiana 6: 146–161. Link. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Luisia inconspicua. Accessed: 2022 Oct 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Luisia inconspicua 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. Luisia inconspicua. 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. Luisia inconspicua. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Luisia inconspicua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

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