Bulbophyllum rothschildianum (O’Brien) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg

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Bulbophyllum rothschildianum (O’Brien) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg , sér. 2, 8: 27, 1912

Basionym: Cirrhopetalum rothschildianum O’Brien, Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 18: 609, 1895.

Specimen examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: fide Nyan Tun (2014: 63−65). Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, northern Myanmar and southwestern China.

Bulbophyllum rufilabrum C.S.P.Parish ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 761, 1890. Types:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Myeik District , Parish 262 (lectotype K, designated by Seidenfaden 1979: 129; isolectotype: W-R 2267 ). Syntype: ORIGIN NOT INDICATED (?Myanmar). Cult. Saunders s.n. (W-R?).

Homotypic synonyms: Phyllorkis rufilabra (C.S.P.Parish ex Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 677, 1891. Bulbophyllum limbatum C.S.P.Parish & Rchb. f. [non Lindl.], Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 152, 1874, nom. illeg. Bulbophyllum deuterolimbatum J.M.H.Shaw, Orchid Rev. 127 (1326, Suppl.): 45, 2019, nom. superfl.

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. TANINTHARYI. Myeik District : type. Distribution:— Myanmar and Thailand .

Bulbophyllum rufinum Rchb. f., Xenia Orchid. 3: 44, 1881. Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (probably Myanmar). Without collector s.n. ( W-R 2293 )

Homotypic synonym: Phyllorkis rufina (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 677, 1891.

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. SAGAING. Kale District : Jan 2005, Tanaka & Matsumoto 20050264 & 2005-1 ( TNS [s]) . CHIN. Mindat District : fide Kang et al. (2017a: 58); same loc., 22 Oct 2013, Kim s.n., photo . MANDALAY. Mandalay District : Swinhoe 77 ( K) . SHAN. Unspecified : 1889, cult. Strickland s.n. ( K) ; same loc., 1895, cult. Strickland s.n. ( K) . WITHOUT LOCALITY. Parish s.n. (icon. W-R 2293 , on type sheet). Reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 67), but we have not seen any material from this area .

Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.

Notes:— Typification of this species requires further investigation. At the moment, the only known material identified as the type is a sheet with four sketches on it in W-R. Bulbophyllum cupreum Lindl. subsp. stenopetalum C.S.P.Parish & Rchb. f. was listed as a synonym of B. rufinum by Hooker (1890b: 188; as var. stenopetalum ), but it seems to be a different entity, so it is listed here as a taxon of uncertain status at the end of the Bulbophyllum list.