Bulbophyllum repensGriff.
First published in Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 293 (1851)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Arunachal Pradesh to Hainan and Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Synonyms
Has 3 Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Phyllorkis repens (Griff.) Kuntze inRevis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Bulbophyllum khasianum Rchb.f. inTrans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 138 (1874), nom. illeg.
- Bulbophyllum poilanei Gagnep. inBull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 147 (1930)
Classification
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumStreptophyta
- ClassEquisetopsida
- SubclassMagnoliidae
- OrderAsparagales
- Family
- Genus
- SpeciesBulbophyllum repens
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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2015). New orchids in the flora of Vietnam. Wulfenia 22: 137-188.
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith, W. [1021] | K000894442 | Type | Yes |
Sources
Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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