Luisia tenuifolia

Luisia tenuifolia

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 tenuifolia

Name

Luisia tenuifolia Blume, Rumphia 4: 50 (1849).

• Type locality: Sri Lanka, Paradenya.
• Type locality: Macrae 67, K.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cymbidium tenuifolium Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 167 (1833), nom. illeg.
• Homotypic
  • Luisia laurifolia M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Birchea teretifolia A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 67 (1841).
    • Type locality: India, Nilgherries, "bois d'Avalanchy".
    • Holotype: A. Richard 73, P, MNHN-P-P00324112
  • Luisia birchea Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 64 (1849).
  • Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 493 (1932), Illustration Plate XI.
    • Type locality: India, North Kanara.
    • Holotype: Astoli and Chandwadi, BLAT(?).
  • Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 (1932).
    • Type locality: India, North Kanara.
    • Holotype: T. R. Bell 5401, BLAT(?).
  • Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) Santapau & Kapadia, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 59: 829 (1962).
  • Luisia pulniana Vatsala in A.Abraham & P.Vatsala, Introd. Orchids: 486 (1981).
  • Luisia laurifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009).

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

• Blume, C.L. 1849. Rumphia 4: 50.

Additional references

• Wight, R. 1844–1846. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants. Vol. III. pp. 736–1162. Madras: J.B. Pharoah. BHL Reference page. 10 & Plate 911.
• Blume, C.L. 1849–1851. Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio. Leiden. Volumen 1. BHL Reference page. 64.
• Trimen, H. 1898. A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses. Part IV. Euphorbiaceae–Naiadeae. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 191.
• 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: 212.
• Jeevith, S. Kunhikannan, C. Rajasekar, C. & Samydurai, P. 2019. A Checklist of Orchids of Shola and Grasslands of Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 11(1): 41–46. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Jayanthi, J. & Jalal, J.S. 2023. A checklist to the orchids of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Lankesteriana 23(1): 45–79. DOI: 10.15517/lank.v23i1.54573. Reference page. 
• 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: Luisia tenuifolia. Accessed: 2022 Oct 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Luisia tenuifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Luisia tenuifolia. 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 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Luisia tenuifolia. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Luisia tenuifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

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