Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex J.E.Sm.) P. F. Hunt, 1970

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 16

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Acampe rigida View in CoL (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24: 98, 1970

Basionym: Aerides rigida Buch. View in CoL -Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39: 12, 1818.

Heterotypic synonyms: Vanda longifolia Lindl. View in CoL , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 215, 1833. Acampe longifolia (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. View in CoL 4: 1, 1853. Saccolabium longifolium (Lindl.) Hook. View in CoL f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 62, 1890. Gastrochilus longifolius (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. View in CoL Gen . Pl. 2: 661, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Dawei District, Wallich, Numer. List: no. 7322 (holotype: K-LINDL).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District: 1926, Swinhoe 66 ( K); same loc., 16 Mar 2009, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2528, photo. TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: type. Also reported from Putao District of Kachin State [as Acampe longifolia ] and from Kayin State and Bago Region by Saw Lwin (2007: 249 & 256) [as A. rigida and A. longifolia ], but we have not seen any material from these areas.

Distribution:— Tropical and subtropical mainland Asia, India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China, Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines.

Note:— Based on morphological studies, Acampe rigida was recently reduced to a variety of A. praemorsa ( Barbhuiya et al. 2017) . We are currently examining this proposal.

References

Barbhuiya, H. A., Verma, D., Kumar, V. & Dey, S. (2017) Critical notes on some taxa of the genus Acampe Lindl. (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 303: 271 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 303.3.7

Saw Lwin (2007) Orchids. In: Lasi Bawk Naw. Traditions, beliefs and practices: links with nature conservation in Kachin State. Privately published, pp. 247 - 258.