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Calanthe brevicornu Lindl. (Himalaya to SE. Tibet: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)
   
Calanthe davidii Franch. (Himalaya to S. Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)       Calanthe × dominyi Lindl. (SE. China to Temp. E. Asia: China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan as per POWO)
Calanthe mannii Hook.f. (Himalaya to S. China, Japan (Kagoshima): Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
        Calanthe masuca (D.Don) Lindl. (Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)
Calanthe obcordata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase, Christenh. & Schuit. (Assam to Japan (S. Kyushu) and C. & E. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Calanthe plantaginea Lindl. (Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Calanthe puberula Lindl. (Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. (Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)              Calanthe tricarinata Lindl. (N. Pakistan to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames (Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific: Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is. as per POWO)
     . Calanthe R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821), nom. cons.
Synonyms:
Alismorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 19: 318 (1809).
Alismorchis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822), orth. var.
Centrosis Sw. ex Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822), nom. superfl.
Amblyglottis Blume, Bijdr.: 369 (1825).
Zoduba Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 30 (1825).
Centrosia A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 39 (1828).
Styloglossum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 7 (1829).
Zeduba Ham. ex Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 280 (1842).
Ghiesbreghtia A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., III, 3: 28 (1845).
Preptanthe Rchb.f., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 245 (1853).
Calanthidium Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(6): 153 (1888).
Aulostylis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 392 (1912).
Paracalanthe Kudô, J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 2: 235 (1930).
Distribution: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific, Mexico to Colombia, Caribbean .
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Pl. go through Calanthe (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned. Thanks a lot, Pankaj Kumar ji, for most of the identifications. |
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