Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum macranthum Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t. 13 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to Solomon Islands. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Rysy, W. (2010). Bulbophyllum von Sikkim bis Samoa. Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg 61: 410-417.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.
  • Teck, O.P. & O'Byrne, P.O. (2015). Bulbophyllum praetervisum, a new record of Orchidaceae for the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Malesian Orchid Journal 15: 53-60.
  • Vermeulen, J., O'Byrne, P. & Lamb, A. (2015). Bulbophyllum of Borneo: 1-728. Nautural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Clarke, A.R. et al. (2002). Evidence of orchid visitation by Bactrocera species (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Papua New Guinea. J. Trop. Ecol.18: 441-448.
  • Gutpa, S. et al. (2004). Orchid diversity of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. Curr. Sci. 86: 1372-1376.
  • Keng, H. et al. (1998). The Concise Flora of Singapore: Monocotyledons. Singapore University Press.
  • Romand-Monnier, F. (2009). Bulbophyllum macranthum. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Rysy, W. (2010). Bulbophyllum von Sikkim bis Samoa. Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg 61: 410-417.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Kerr, A.F.G. [375] Thailand K000482190 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 K:SPC-27744.000 No
Jan 1, 2005 Hassan; Kadim [101] Malaysia K000483452 No
Jan 1, 2005 Burma K:SPC-14741.000 No
Jan 1, 2005 Robinson, H.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K000483453 No
Jan 1, 2005 K:SPC-25205.000 No
Feb 1, 1998 Yong, R. [84] Malaysia K:SPC-70791.000 No
[Rnoiley] [1490] Singapore K000483455 No
K:SPC-12662.000 No
Mitchell, R. [55] Solomon Islands K:SPC-50797.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Thailand K000483454 No
Kulip, J.; George, M. [140809] Malaysia K000364984 Yes
Douglas, G. [K17] Solomon Islands K:SPC-31688.000 No
Hunt, P.F. [2249] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28303.000 No
Davies, K.L. [201501] K:SPC-78507.000 No

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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