Additions to the orchid flora of Laos and taxonomic notes on orchids of the Indo-Burma region

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Kumar, P., S.W.Gale, H.Æ.Pedersen, T.Phaxaysombath, S.Bouamanivong & G.A.Fischer. 2018. Additions to the orchid flora of Laos and taxonomic notes on orchids of the Indo-Burma region. Taiwania 63 (1): 61-83. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2018.63.61

NEW RECORDS FOR LAOS:

1.      Bulbophyllum alcicorne C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 151 (1874).         

2.      Bulbophyllum meson J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166: 111 (2014).

3.      Coelogyne suaveolens (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 832 (1890).

4.      Cyrtosia nana (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 233 (1986).

5.      Dendrobium phuketense Schuit. & Peter B.Adams, Muelleria 29: 67 (2011).

6.      Oberonia rhizoides Aver., Turczaninowia 16(1): 133 (2013).

7.      Phaius columnaris C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 5(2): 141 (1985).

8.      Thelasis khasiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 87 (1890).

9.      Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon: 90 (1885). 

NEW SYNONYMS, LECOTYPIFICATIONS AND TAXONOMIC NOTES

1.      Bulbophyllum guttulatum (Hook.f.) N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 66 (1970). Type: Nepal, Nathaniel Wallich s.n. (BM000516909) (lectotype BM! selected here).

=Bulbophyllum chyrmangensis D.Verma, Lavania & Sushil K.Singh, Phytotaxa 195: 94 (2015). Synon. nov.

2.      Bulbophyllum moniliforme C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 151 (1874).

=Bulbophyllum subtenellum Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 33: 46, t. 21 (1979); Averyanov (2016a: 326). Synon. nov.

=Bulbophyllum paramjithii Agrawala, M.U.Sharief & B.K.Singh, Phytotaxa: 72 (2016). Synon. nov.

=Bulbophyllum jejosephii J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166: 106 (2014). Synon. nov.

3.      Bulbophyllum sarcophyllum (King & Pantl.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8: 27 (1912).

=Bulbophyllum cherrapunjeense Barbhuiya & D.Verma, Phytotaxa 156: 298 (2014). Synon. nov.

4.      Bulbophyllum scabratum Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 259 (1861). 

      =Bulbophyllum psychoon Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 170 (1878). Phyllorkis psychoon (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891). Synon. nov.

=Bulbophyllum levinei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 381 (1924). Synon. nov.

5.      Bulbophyllum seidenfadenii A.D.Kerr in Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 174 (1973). 

      Bulbophyllum seidenfadenii A.D.Kerr, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 42: 411 1973, nom. inval.  

      =Bulbophyllum jingdongense A.Q.Hu, D.P.Ye & Jian W. Li, Phytotaxa: 200 (2017). Synon. nov.  

6.      Bulbophyllum tipula Aver., Taiwania 61: 326 (2016).

=Bulbophyllum lipingtaoi J.X.Huang, J.Y.Wang & Z.J.Liu, Phytotaxa: 221 (2017). Synon. nov.

7.      Cleisostoma lecongkietii Tich & Aver., Taiwania 60: 113 (2015).

=Cleisostoma yersinii J.Ponert & Vuong, PLoS ONE 11 (3): e0150631 (6) (2016). Synon. nov.

8.      Coelogyne ovalis Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 91 (1838).

=Coelogyne mishmensis Gogoi, Richardiana 16: 375 (2016). Synon. nov.

9.      Dendrobium chapaense Aver., Rheedea 16: 3 (2006).

=Dendrobium longlingense Q.Xu, Y.B.Luo & Z.J.Liu, Phytotaxa 174: 140 (2014). Synon. nov.

10.  Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 1: 63 (1850); (lectotype K-LINDL! selected here).

=Dendrobium maguanense Q.Xu & Z.J.Liu, Phytotaxa 286: 50 (2016). Synon. nov.

11.  Dendrobium wattii (Hook.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 725 (1888).

Dendrobium vocongii Schettler & D.M.Pham, OrchideenJ. 4 (1): 3 (2016), nom. inval.

=Dendrobium congianum Aver., Taiwania 61: 336 (2016). Synon. nov.

12.  Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 36: 16 (1932).

=Habenaria thailandica Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 31: 78 (1977). Synon. nov.

13.  Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr., Sp. Blancoan.: 112 (1918).

Habenaria pelorioides C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 139 (1874). 

=Odisha cleistantha S.Misra, Orchids India: 252 (2007). Synon. nov.

=Habenaria luceana Aver., Taiwania 55: 95 (2010). Synon. nov.

14.  Luisia zeylanica Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 3 (1853).Type: Sri Lanka, 1829, Macrae 50 (lectotype K-LINDL! selected here).

Cymbidium triste Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 63 (1814), nom. inval.

=Luisia indica Khuraijam & R.K.Roy, Biodivers. J. 6: 699 (2015). Synon. nov.

15.  Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 366 (1933).

=Doritis boulbetii Telepova, Rhône-Alpes Orchid. 50: 7 (2013). Synon. nov.

=Doritis pulcherrima f. cinnabarina Telepova, Rhône-Alpes Orchid. 50: 11 (2013). Synon. nov.

NEW COMBINATIONS

1.      Grosourdya vietnamica (Aver.) Kumar & S.W.Gale comb. nov.

≡Theana vietnamica Aver., Taiwania 57: 137 (2012).

2.      Luisia sonii (Aver.) Kumar & S.W.Gale comb. nov.

≡Lockia sonii Aver., Orchids (West Palm Beach) 81: 364 (2012).

3.      Holcoglossum gaoligongense (G.Q.Zhang, K.Wei Liu & Z.J.Liu) Kumar & S.W.Gale comb. nov.

≡Pendulorchis gaoligongense G.Q.Zhang, K.Wei Liu & Z.J.Liu, PLoS ONE 8: 7 (2013).