Notes on the Orchid Flora of Thailand (I)

• Main Authors: Henrik Æ. Pedersen, Paul Ormerod
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Taiwan University 2009-09-01
• Series: Taiwania
• Subjects: Cheirostylis moniliformis; Cymbidium tigrinum; Dendrobium lankaviense; Hetaeria armata; Odontochilus uniflorus; Odontochilus macranthus; Orchidaceae; Sirindhornia mirabilis × monophylla; Zeuxine viol; Zeuxine viola.
• Online Access: http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=915

Ongoing studies in connection with the preparation of the orchid account for Flora of Thailand, have led to a variety of new taxonomic and floristic findings that are reported in this paper. One new species, Hetaeria armata, is described, the first known find of a natural hybrid in the genus Sirindhornia is reported, and the new combination Odontochilus uniflorus is proposed. Odontochilus macranthus, Cheirostylis moniliformis, and Dendrobium lankaviense are newly recorded for the flora of Thailand, and evidence is provided that confirms the previously proposed occurrence of Zeuxine violascens and Cymbidium tigrinum in this country.