Cleisomeria lanatum (Lindl.) Lindl. ex G.Don

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Cleisomeria lanatum (Lindl.) Lindl. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl., new ed., Suppl. 2: 1472, 1855

Basionym : Cleisostoma lanatum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 264, 1849. Type:—‘CONTINENT OF INDIA’ (? Myanmar). Wailes s.n. (holotype: K-LINDL) .

Homotypic synonyms: Saccolabium lanatum (Lindl.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 60, 1890. Gastrochilus lanatus (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 661, 1891. Sarcanthus lanatus (Lindl.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 288, 1947.

Heterotypic synonym:? Aerides dasycarpum Stone ex J.Dix, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 5: 170, 1865. Type:— ORIGIN UNKNOWN (? Myanmar). Cult. Stone s.n. (not located, possibly not preserved) .

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Types cited. BAGO. Pyay District : Wallich s.n. ( K-LINDL) . MON. Mawlamyine District: Scott s.n. ( K) ; same loc., Parish 48 ( K, K-LINDL) . WITHOUT LOCALITY. Sep 1898, Peche s.n. ( AMES) ; 21 Sep 1927, Swinhoe 127 ( K) . Reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 69), but we have not seen material from this area .

Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Note:— For the possibly synonymous Aerides dasycarpum , a drawing of the plant might exist in John Day’s scrapbooks for 1865 as it was cultivated by John Stone (who was the gardener for John Day).